Re: Hypselodoris fontandraui feeding

September 9, 2009
From: Marc Bosch Mateu

Concerning message #22637:

Hi Bill,

Here are three photos of Hypselodoris fontandraui feeding on Dysidea avara as you asked.

Locality: Far de Sarnella,  Costa Brava, 20 metres, Catalunya,, Mediterranean, 15 july 2009, Pre-coraligen. Length: 10 mm. Photographer: Marc Bosch Mateu.

Glad to participate
Marc

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Bosch, M., 2009 (Sep 9) Re: Hypselodoris fontandraui feeding. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22645

Dear Marc,

Apart from your photos being another good record of the nudibranch feeding on this white species of Dysidea, it is also gives us a look at another colour form of Hypselodoris fontandraui.

If I had seen just the large animal with its broad median whitish band, I would have suspected this was H. bilineata, but in the small animal alongside we can see that the median 'white' line shows signs of widening near the gills. It certainly makes me wonder if H. bilineata is just a colour form of H. fontandraui.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2009 (Sep 9). Comment on Re: Hypselodoris fontandraui feeding by Marc Bosch Mateu. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22645

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