Tritonia hombergi from Scotland

October 3, 2000
From: Peter H. van Bragt

Hallo Bill

Enclosed you will find several images of juveniles, adults (with details of their most pretty rhinophores) and spawn of Tritonia hombergi. All photographs were made in Lough Carron, Scotland in the summers of 1996 and 1997. T. hombergi typically feeds on the soft coral Alcyonium digitatum, which is rather rare on the dutch coast. So, obviously this nudi is
also a very rare find at our coast. T. hombergi is on our fauna list as in 1950 a few juvenile specimen were washed ashore on some pieces of wood, and sometimes they are found in the nets of fishermen out on the North Sea on pieces of Alcyonium digitatum.

We'll keep you informed if more specimen are found.

Best regards
Peter H. van Bragt

vanbragt.phjm@hsbrabant.nl

van Bragt, P.H., 2000 (Oct 3) Tritonia hombergi from Scotland. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3002

Thanks Peter,
I have put your photos of the head and rhinophores on a separate page.

I would be grateful for some information on the size of different specimens. Is colour related to size?
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (Oct 3). Comment on Tritonia hombergi from Scotland by Peter H. van Bragt . [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3002

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