Nembrotha kubaryana from the Great Barrier Reef

June 28, 2006
From: Paul Scrobohaci

Hello,

I shot this on Steve's Bommie, Great Barrier Reef this April 2006. To my (uneducated) eye it looked like a FAM Polyceridae SUBFAM Nembrothinae or a Chromodorididae.

I looked at all the specimens in those families/subfamilies on your site and could not find it. Could please help id it ?

Locality: Steve's Bommie/Great Barrier Reef, 10 meters, New South Wales, Australia, West Pacific/Corral Sea, 10 April 2006. Length: 30 mm. Photographer: Paul Scrobohaci.

Best Regards,
Paul Scrobohaci

paul_scrobohaci@yahoo.com

Scrobohaci, P.G., 2006 (Jun 28) Nembrotha kubaryana from the Great Barrier Reef. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17005

Dear Paul,
It is a species of Nembrotha, N. kubaryana, which is quite variable in colour so trying to find an exact match to a photo on the Forum is quite difficult for this species. Your looks quite like another one from the Gt Barrier Reef in Rob Thyer's recent message #16869.

The green mass on the rock below the nudibranch looks very like the preferred food of this species, the ascidian Sigillina signifera.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Jun 28). Comment on Nembrotha kubaryana from the Great Barrier Reef by Paul Scrobohaci. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17005

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