Nembrotha megalocera mating - Red Sea

February 15, 2008
From: Annette Kliphuis

Dear Bill,

When diving in the Red Sea last week we finally encountered some nudi's on one (and the only) dive at Samadai reef. These two Nembrotha megalocera seem to be mating! I couldn't find a picture of this on the forum yet, so I hope you find this a useful contribution.

Locality: Samadai reef (west), Marsa Alam, 10m, Egypt, Red Sea, 26 November 2007, Hard coral (some soft coral) garden, sandy bottom in between. . Photographer: Marieke Koopmans.

Thanks for the forum, I find it very nice to read and find all the information about nudi's!
Groeten,
Annette

Annette.Kliphuis@wur.nl

Kliphuis, A.M.J., 2008 (Feb 15) Nembrotha megalocera mating - Red Sea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21267

Dear Annette,

Glad you like the Forum and thanks for the photo of this species mating. It is nice to be able to compare it with photos of the similarly coloured N. rutilans mating [message #18775 ]. As I have said before, we don't know how important such details are in distinguishing species, but the only way to find out is to build up some information, and this is a good way to do it.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2008 (Feb 15). Comment on Nembrotha megalocera mating - Red Sea by Annette Kliphuis. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21267

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