Unknown nudibranch from northern NSW

April 3, 2000
From: Erik Schloegl


Dear Bill,

This photograph was taken on September 7, 1998, at Curphy Reef, not far from Crowdy Head in northern New South Wales, at a depth of about 18m. This nudibranch was approximately 1cm long. Do you know the species?

Best regards,
Erik

schloegl@maths.uts.edu.au

Schloegl, E., 2000 (Apr 3) Unknown nudibranch from northern NSW. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2157

Dear Erik,
No I don't recognise this animal. It looks as though it is probably a species of Noumea. Was it found on the sponge it is photographed on? If so it is a quite interesting find. Most chromodorids feed on relatively soft sponges which lack skeletal spicules. One species endemic to New South Wales, Hypselodoris bennetti, feeds on a sponge, Psammocinia sp (Thorectidae, Dictyoceratida) which has a skeleton consisting mainly of sand grains. If your animal was living on the sponge inthe photo, it also looks like one with a sand-grain based skeleton.

best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (Apr 3). Comment on Unknown nudibranch from northern NSW by Erik Schloegl. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2157

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Noumea sp. 3.

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