Thecacera pennigera from Korea

June 24, 2002
From: Dong Bum Koh

Dear, Bill!
Thanks for your comments. Here is a photo of Thecacera pennigera from Seogwipo. This is the first time I have encountered this species here so it maybe very rare.

Data:
Date: June 1 2002
Location: Mun islet in Seogwipo city, Cheju Island, S. Korea.
Depth: 20m, sandy mixed with rocky bottom
Photo by: Dong Bum, Koh

Best regards.
Dong Bum Koh

drkoh@seasee.co.kr

Koh, D.B., 2002 (Jun 24) Thecacera pennigera from Korea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/7316

Dear Dong Bum,
Thanks for this interesting find. Many polycerids rarely encountered - but when found are often in quite large numbers. Perhaps it is because their food - arborescent bryozoans - are often members of that group of opportunistic organisms that settle on recently cleared substrates and quickly grow to maturity, before being replaced by some more slow growing, and more permanent competitor. This means that the nudibranchs planktonic larvae has to be there at the same time.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Bill Rudman, 2002 (Jun 24). Comment on Thecacera pennigera from Korea by Dong Bum Koh. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/7316

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