Cuthona kuiteri - update of images
September 20, 2005
From: Bill Rudman
I am posting today an interesting message from Linda Ianiello concerning Austraeolis catina, an aeolid which seems to be associated with a sponge. I compare it with Cuthona kuiteri, which is also associated with a sponge, but rather than using the sponge for food, it feeds on a hydroid which has a symbiotic or commensal relationship with the sponge. I took the opportunity to upgrade the images I had on the Fact Sheet for that species.
Upper: Ventral view to show the remarkable cerata which mimic the hydroid polyps on which it feeds. Green Point, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, September 1979. Photo: John Fields. Lower: Drawing of animal on sponge with associated hydroids. Bill Rudman.
Bill Rudman
billr@seaslugforum.net
Rudman, W.B., 2005 (Sep 20) Cuthona kuiteri - update of images. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/14804
A close-up of the remarkble polyp-shaped cerata of Cuthona kuiteri.
