Halgerda willeyi from Saudi Arabia
July 22, 2008
From: Gert Van Roey
Hello Bill,
I was in Saudi Arabia last week. I saw there on Dohra island two giant Halgerda willeyi. Between 25 and 30 cm.
Greetz,
Gert Van Roey
Belgium
bakker.gert@skynet.be
Van Roey, G., 2008 (Jul 22) Halgerda willeyi from Saudi Arabia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21729Dear Gert,
Thanks for this record. At about 30 cm these are definitely quite large animals. I don't know if you realised, but your photo has captured these animals feeding. If you look at the dark grey sphere behind them you will see a great cavity which has been eaten out by one or both of these nudibranchs. We know very little about the biology of most nudibranchs so a piece of information like this is very valuable. I can't identify the sponge off-hand but if sometime in the future a researcher is investigating the food of this genus it will be a useful clue.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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