Gymnodoris striata from Saudi Arabia
April 4, 2001
From: Larry Dupriest
This photo was taken in the summer of 2000 along the Red Sea shoreline about 100 km north of Yanbu, Saudi Arabia (near the Yanbu Cement Plant). This is an area where the coral reef parallels the shore about 75 feet [25m] out. The reef is a vertical 50 foot drop [17m] of live coral teaming with fish varieties. These nudi's were found in the 2-3 feet deep [1m] shallows about half way out to the reef.
Larry Dupriest
dgdupriest@gtis.net
Dupriest, L., 2001 (Apr 4) Gymnodoris striata from Saudi Arabia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4099Dear Larry,
Thanks for the nice photo of Gymnodoris striata. Although all nudibranchs are carnivores, only a few families, like the gymnodorids are true hunters, feeding on active prey. Gymnodorids feed on other sea slugs. If you have a look at some of the other mssages on this page you will see that this species seems to prefer the sand-dwelling sacoglossan Plakobranchus ocellatus.
Your photo also shows the very distinctive gills very distinctly. They form a curved transverse row of plates across the body, rather than the more typical circlet found in most species.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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