Berthellina citrina from sthn Queensland

December 18, 2003
From: Gary Cobb


Hi Bill!
Please find attached photos of Berthellina citrina I found under a rock during a morning dive at Old Woman Island on the Sunshine Coast off Mooloolaba, southern Queensland, Australia.
Depth 10m
Water temp 23C
Day time
Length 30mm

The dives around Old Woman Island are alive with Opisthobranchs. I wonder why? Maybe the rocky coral bottom as well as being near (about 2 kms) a major river mouth. I have dived the site around Old Woman Island for about 2 years and no matter how much I dive it it still yields many great secrets! The depths range from 5m to 15m so the average dive time is over an hour. Attached is a photo taken in the morning of the island from the beach ... don't you think the island looks a bit like a nudibranch?

Cheers,
Gary Cobb

gary@cobb.com.au

Cobb, G., 2003 (Dec 18) Berthellina citrina from sthn Queensland. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/11693

Thanks Gary,
I suspect you would have to me a bit of a nudibranch fanatic to think the island looks like one, so I will be polite and agree with you. Your photo alongside shows the head, with rolled rhinophores and oral veil, very well
Best wishes
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (Dec 18). Comment on Berthellina citrina from sthn Queensland by Gary Cobb. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/11693

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