Unknown sponge feeder
October 2, 2001
From: Jim Cruise
Dear Bill,
Please find attached a jpeg image of a small nudibranch I found a few years ago. I was unable to find out what it was back in 1992, and did not see it again until 1999, and again have not been able to identify it with any of the new reference books I have. Can you, or anyone reading the Forum shed any light on this for me please.
Photo in situ, Length 15 mm, depth 5 m, Location: Little Fairey Reef (Great Barrier Reef) South 19 33.167, East 148 56.006, 18 July 1992.
A further specimen was found 25 April 1999 at Kelso Reef, South 18 26.7 East 146 59.8, depth 9 m, size range 6-16 mm, same species of sponge.
Jim Cruise
jim.cruise@env.qld.gov.au
Cruise, J., 2001 (Oct 2) Unknown sponge feeder. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5347Dear Jim,
Sorry but I don't recognise it. I wonder how many more little cryptic species there are to be found. Hopefully someone will know its name, if it has one, or recognise it as something they have found as well.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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