Archidoris montereyensis feeding

July 15, 2004
From: Jackie Hildering and Glen Miller


Dear Bill,
Here what I believe to be Archidoris montereyensis is feeding on Suberites suberea (the hermit crab sponge). Note the hermit crab below. We saw a second scene like this too with two A. montereyensis on one S. suberea. It does not appear that being a mobile sponge is highly successful in escaping predation!

Dive: Bear Cove, Northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Depth: 40’
Photographer: Glen Miller
Date: March 21st, 2004

Jackie Hildering

earthent@telus.net

Thanks Jackie & Glen,
I wonder what the crab is thinking? It would be interesting to have some feedback on this observation. Bloom (1976) notes it sometimes feeds on Suberites ficus (Johnston) but its not a preferred food species and Goddard (1984) notes finding it 'on' Suberites sp. a couple of times. It would be interesting to know if others have made similar observations

• Bloom, S. A. (1976) Morphological correlations between dorid nudibranch predators and sponge prey. The Veliger, 18(3): 289-30
• Goddard, J. H. R. (1984) The opisthobranchs of Cape Arago, Oregon, with notes on their biology and a summary of benthic opisthobranchs known from Oregon. The Veliger, 27(2): 143-163.

Best wishes
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2004 (Jul 15). Comment on Archidoris montereyensis feeding by Jackie Hildering and Glen Miller. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/12537

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