Who can identify?

December 23, 2009
From: Carmen Obrist

Is this a Tubastraea nudibranch?

Locality: Surin Islands, 20 metres, Thailand, Andaman Sea, 4 Feb 2009. Photographer: Carmen Obrist.

Carmen Obrist

carmen.obrist@qualidive.com

Obrist, C., 2009 (Dec 23) Who can identify?. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22995

Dear Carmen,

This is Phestilla melanobrachia, which feeds on the coral Tubastraea

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2009 (Dec 23). Comment on Who can identify? by Carmen Obrist. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22995

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