Phyllidiella rudmani from Sulawesi

January 3, 2007
From: Mike Krampf

Dear Bill

You didn't have too many pictures of your namesake so thought I'd share this one with you. I'm assuming this one to be a Phyllidiella rudmani.

Locality: Dive Site - Demak off Bangka Island, 30 ft, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Celebes Sea, 22 October 2006, Fringing reef. Length: 3 cm. Photographer: Mike Krampf.

Mike

mtkrampf@yahoo.com

Krampf, M., 2007 (Jan 3) Phyllidiella rudmani from Sulawesi. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/18657

Thanks Mike,

Unfortunately, having a Phyllidiella named after me doesn't give me special powers to enable me to identify species of Phyllidiella easily, but in this case you seem to have a very typical specimen. It's also very nice to have it in on this bright orange-red sponge. Although there is not enough detail to identify the sponge to species, it certainly fits the growing evidence that this species feeds on an orange species of the axinellid sponge genus Phakellia.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Jan 3). Comment on Phyllidiella rudmani from Sulawesi by Mike Krampf. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/18657

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