Re: Stiliger aureomarginatus found sthn Queensland

November 5, 2007
From: Gary Cobb


Concerning message #20865:

Hi Bill and everyone!
I am pleased to announce that we found our second Stiliger aureomarginatus at 'Bornella Reef' on the southeast corner of Old Woman Island on Saturday. I turned over a rock and under it where about 30-40 of these Algea clumps. Each one was about 13-15 mm in length. The clumps were very pale green probably because they where under the rock. I thought algae reqiured sunlight!

Locality: Old Woman Island, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, 14 m, Queensland, Australia, Pacific Ocean, 03 November 2007, Subtidal. Length: 6 mm. Photographer: Gary Cobb.

Thanks.
Gary Cobb

gary@nudibranch.com.au

Cobb, G.C., 2007 (Nov 5) Re: Stiliger aureomarginatus found sthn Queensland. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21079

Dear Gary,
Thanks for this interesting observation. This species has been reported eating species of Codium. I am not an algal expert but there are some species of Codium in which the bladder-like 'utricles' which make up the body of species of Codium, are relatively large like this. So it is possible this is a species of Codium, and there are certainly species which are adapted to low light conditions.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Nov 5). Comment on Re: Stiliger aureomarginatus found sthn Queensland by Gary Cobb. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21079

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