Feeding observations on Berthellina citrina

December 13, 2000
From: Scott Johnson

Hi Bill,

I hadn't planned to add to the backlog before your trip, but Jennifer Whitacre's question about feeding in Berthellina prompted me to dig a few more pictures out. I have seen B. citrina in Hawaii eating a variety of sponges and hard corals, including Tubastraea (hn09-1, hn09-5), Leptastraea (hn09-7), a white sponge (hn09-2), and a red encrusting sponge (hn09-4). While I have no photos, I've also found specimens eating the coral Porites and a couple of other encrusting sponges.

Scott

johnson@kmrmail.kmr.ll.mit.edu

Johnson, S., 2000 (Dec 13) Feeding observations on Berthellina citrina. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3370

Dear Scott,
Thanks for the photos of Berthellina feeding. I have separated the two sponge feeding photos into a separate message. For those of you unfamiliar with these animal's anatomy, the small remnant shell can be clearly seen through the very thin skin in photo hn09-1
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (Dec 13). Comment on Feeding observations on Berthellina citrina by Scott Johnson. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3370

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