Re: Phyllidia? from New Zealand

September 18, 2001
From: Bernard Picton

Hi Bill,
I'm sure you are right - I think Chris Irvine's mystery is a sponge of the family Polymastiidae which typically grow partly covered by sand and have papillae with osculae at the tips as can be seen here.
Bernard

bernard.picton.um@nics.gov.uk

Picton, B.E., 2001 (Sep 18) Re: Phyllidia? from New Zealand. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5287

Thanks Bernard,
Bill Rudman

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