Asteronotus cespitosus from the Solomon Ids

January 19, 2002
From: Bruce Potter

Dear Bill,
For only the second time I have found an Asteronotus cespitosus. The previous one was a giant at about 400mm, and was plain dark red. This one, which I found on a night dive on 16 Jan 2002, was about 150mm, and more like those I see in books. It was on a rubble site, just on the outskirts of Honiara, Solomon Islands, and at about 8 meters.

Underneath the rock it was on was a large coil of bright orange eggs, that obviously belonged to it. It also had a small shrimp hitching a ride, which is visible on one of the photos (lower left).
Regards
Bruce Potter.

bruce.potter@adventist.org.sb

Potter, B., 2002 (Jan 19) Asteronotus cespitosus from the Solomon Ids. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/6041

Dear Bruce,
Yes this certainly looks more like typical Asteronotus cespitosus. Its a bit hard to make out the detail of the little shrimp. It is possibly Periclimenes imperator, which is the shrimp ofte found associated with Hexabranchus and other large sea slugs.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Jan 19). Comment on Asteronotus cespitosus from the Solomon Ids by Bruce Potter. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/6041

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