Chromodoris hamiltoni feeding on orange sponge

September 10, 2008
From: Colin Ogden


Hi Bill,
Here is the second set of photos of Chromodoris hamiltoni feeding - this time on an orange/red sponge.

Locality: Sodwana Bay, 15 metres, South Africa, Indian, 08 September 2008 and 30 Dec 2007, reef. Length: 20 mm. Photographer: Colin Ogden.

Colin Ogden

scubaco@iafrica.com

Ogden C. M., 2008 (Sep 10) Chromodoris hamiltoni feeding on orange sponge. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21876

Dear Colin,

Thanks for these photos which we can treat as two more feeding records. The sponge in the upper photo is identical in structure to the one in Sylvain Le Bris's message [#21555], and I think we can presume the one in the lower photo is the same species. I think we can be pretty sure it is a species of Negombata, which as I discuss in your accompanying message [#21875], complements the earlier reports of the molecule latrunculin A in their mantle glands.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2008 (Sep 10). Comment on Chromodoris hamiltoni feeding on orange sponge by Colin Ogden. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21876

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