Polycera hedgpethi? from Victoria, Australia

December 19, 2006
From: Martin Hing

Hi Bill,
Could you please help me identify this species? I think it is Polycera hedgpethi

This photo was taken on the 7th December 2006. The nudibranch was on a piece of kelp hanging on a pylon at Portarlington Pier in Victoria, Australia. This was at a depth of 3 metres on a sandy bottom. The specimen was about 10 mm in length.

Locality: Portarlington Pier, Portarlington, 3 m, Victoria, Australia, Southern Ocean, 7 December 2006, Pylon on sandy bottom. Length: 10 mm. Photographer: Martin Hing.

Thanks for your help

Martin Hing

martyhing@hotmail.com

Hing, M.L., 2006 (Dec 19) Polycera hedgpethi? from Victoria, Australia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19035

Dear Marty,
Yes this is P. hedgpethi. When I saw your photo I thought the Polycera was interested in the white encrusting bryozoan growing on the kelp, as can be seen in the right of your upper photo [and lower right close-up], but then I noticed the branching plant-like growths above and below the slug, which are the arborescent bryozoans this species feeds on.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Dec 19). Comment on Polycera hedgpethi? from Victoria, Australia by Martin Hing. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19035

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