Re: Charcotia granulosa from the Antarctic Peninsula

March 19, 2010
From: Kevin Lee

Concerning message #23342:

Thanks for the ID correction, Doc.
Responsive to your query, here are a few images of the C. granulosa crawling on the orange-red colored "whatever-it-is", perhaps algae, on which I found the slug. In the frigid water, I didn't linger long enough to find out if the slug was actually feeding on it.

Locality: Verdansky, 30 feet, Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, 14 March 2009, Rocky sloping reef. Length: 3/4 inch. Photographer: Kevin Lee.

Cheers,
Kevin
www.diverkevin.com

diverkevin@gmail.com

Lee, K., 2010 (Mar 19) Re: Charcotia granulosa from the Antarctic Peninsula. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/23362

Dear Kevin,

Thanks for your quick response. I am definitely more comfortable lingering over your photos on a sunny Sydney day than you were taking them in Antarctic waters!

I agree the red-orange object is algal, which means there is something animal and orange, and probably cnidarian, nearby.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2010 (Mar 19). Comment on Re: Charcotia granulosa from the Antarctic Peninsula by Kevin Lee. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/23362

Factsheet

Charcotia granulosa

Related messages

  1. Charcotia granulosa from the Antarctic Peninsula
    From: Kevin Lee, March 18, 2010
  2. Charcotia granulosa from Antarctica
    From: Erling Svensen, January 27, 2010
  3. Charcotia granulosa from Antarctica
    From: David Cothran, February 22, 2007

Show factsheet and all related messages