Unidentified chromodorid? from northern New Zealand

October 15, 2008
From: Debbie Freeman

Concerning message #9402:

Hi,
I thought you may be interested to see the attached image (unfortunately of low resolution). It was taken from video footage recorded by a remote operated vehicle off the Northland coast, New Zealand, a couple of weeks ago.

Locality: Tutukaka Head (1 nautical mile offshore), 48 metres, Northland, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean, 03 October 2008, Rocky reef (heavily silted). Length: 60-70 mm. Photographer: Debbie Freeman (via ROV).

Kind regards,
Debbie Freeman.

dfreeman@doc.govt.nz

Freeman, D.J., 2008 (Oct 15) Unidentified chromodorid? from northern New Zealand. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21973

Dear Debbie,

It's difficult to see much detail, but from the shape of the body and the gills, I suspect this is a chromodorid nudibranch. In the north of New Zealand, warm currents often bring down larvae of quite tropical species. This looks quite like the chromodorid Noumea norba or perhaps its one of the other speices which look very similar [see N. purpurea colour group]. The sponge may be its food, but we would need better photos to identify either the nudibranch or the sponge

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2008 (Oct 15). Comment on Unidentified chromodorid? from northern New Zealand by Debbie Freeman. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21973

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