Re: Swimming Nudibranchs

November 4, 2002
From: Marli Wakeling

Hi Bill,
Peter & Kristen's animal is Dendronotus iris. They are usually found 'swimming' when thrown into the water by a diver, but I have seen some swimming when there are current conditions. There seem to be lots of them around at the moment.
Regards,
Marli Wakeling

scubamarli@excite.com

Wakeling, M., 2002 (Nov 4) Re: Swimming Nudibranchs. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/8350

Thanks Marli,
If you have any photos showing colour variation, they would be welcome,
Cheers,
Bill Rudman

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Dendronotus iris

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