Ardeadoris egretta on the Sunshine Coast

December 2, 2003
From: Gary Cobb


Hi Bill!
Please find atttached a photo of Ardeadoris egretta I found while diving at Old Woman Island, The Wall, off Mooloolaba, Southern Queensland Australia. This one was quite large and very white. It stood out quite vividly on the wall.
Depth: 9m
Temp: 22C
Length: 110mm
Date: 29 November 2003

Gary Cobb

gary@cobb.com.au

Cobb, G., 2003 (Dec 2) Ardeadoris egretta on the Sunshine Coast. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/11561

Thanks Gary,
I wonder if the sponge it is crawling on is significant. This is a species we don't know anything about its food so it would be good to get a photo of it actually feeding. Perhaps if you see it again on this sponge you could check out signs of feedings - a scar close by on the sponge? or a white oral tube everted out if its mouth onto the sponge?
Best wishes
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (Dec 2). Comment on Ardeadoris egretta on the Sunshine Coast by Gary Cobb. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/11561

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