Polycera capensis from Sydney

December 2, 2002
From: Iain Whyte

Hi Bill,
Your entry for Polycera capensis mentions you'd be interested in any sightings. I found a large Polycera capensis at Gordon's Bay, in Sydney.
Iain Whyte

q@thewell.au.com

Whyte, I., 2002 (Dec 2) Polycera capensis from Sydney. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/8547

Thanks Iain,
I notice little clumps of a blue plant-like growth in your photos [see lower left photo]. These are small colonies of an animal - the bryozoan Bugula dentata -on which P. capensis feeds.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Dec 2). Comment on Polycera capensis from Sydney by Iain Whyte. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/8547

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