Nudibranch crawling on a pipefish

December 7, 2002
From: Mary Jane Adams


Hi Bill,
While swimming over a low patchy reef in Lembeh Strait last month I came across this strange sight. At first I only saw the winged pipefish resting on the bottom. When I looked through my viewfinder to focus on it, I noticed a little red and white nudibranch crawling along it's back. After one shot the pipefish moved and the nudibranch fell off.

Divesite: Nudi Retreat, Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Depth: 15 meters. Nov. 19, 2002.
The nudibranch was 13 mm long. I don't recognize it. Do you?
Best regards,
Mary Jane

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Adams, M.J., 2002 (Dec 7) Nudibranch crawling on a pipefish. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/8621

Dear Mary Jane,
This is Aegires villosus. I guess the slug didn't realise where it was.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Dec 7). Comment on Nudibranch crawling on a pipefish by Mary Jane Adams . [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/8621

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