Chromodoris kuniei & sponges

November 27, 2001
From: Lindsay Warren

Dear Bill
Seeing messages about Chromodoris kuniei and sponges I thought you might find the following photos of interest. Although C. kuniei has been found on various surfaces in the Tukang Besi Archipelago, SE Sulawesi, Indonesia, I have one photo of a specimen on a sponge. However, as you can see from the attached a photo, it is a very different sponge to those featured so far on the Sea Slug Forum for C. kuniei. This specimen (OS0881) was feeding very dedicatedly on this burgundy sponge which although firm to the touch is was also quite elastic, springing readily back to shape. C. kuniei L: 37 mm. Depth: 12.7 m. Just 20 cms below this specimen was another one (OS0882 - LOWER RIGHT) laying an egg mass on dead coral covered in algae at the base of a partially dead Tubastraea micrantha, L: 43 mm. I found them on 4 November 1999 at 15.30pm on an exposed reef wall which is subjected to very strong currents particularly at rising and falling tides.

All the best
Lindsay Warren

alldcl@compuserve.com

Warren, L., 2001 (Nov 27) Chromodoris kuniei & sponges. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5730

Thanks Lindsay,
This sponge certainly looks like the sponge a chromodorid would feed on. It has the look of Aplysilla, Darwinella or Dysidea, three genera commonly eaten by this family.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Nov 27). Comment on Chromodoris kuniei & sponges by Lindsay Warren . [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5730

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