Okenia pellucida from New South Wales

February 23, 2000
From: D.& L. Atkinson


Hi Bill,

Judi Martin found the attached nudi on some algae? at 8m at Little Beach (Port Stephens, New South Wales) and directed us to them. They are only about 4mm in length and are quite numerous on this one "bush". I can't find anything like it in our books.

David & Leanne Atkinson

atkin@hunterlink.net.au

Atkinson, D. & L., 2000 (Feb 23) Okenia pellucida from New South Wales. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1939

Dear Dave,
Your slug is Okenia pellucida and the 'algal bush' it is on is a colony of the arborescent bryozoan Zoobotryon on which it lives and feeds. Have a look at my comments below concerning it lifestyle.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (Feb 23). Comment on Okenia pellucida from New South Wales by D.& L. Atkinson. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1939

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