Flabellina verrucosa with hydroids from Canada

April 6, 2002
From: Marli Wakeling


Hi Bill,
Here's a Flabellina verrucosa balancing on a pink-mouth hydroid stalk. I've assumed they ate the orange ones in my earlier photos, but this may show they like both varieties!

DIVE SITE: West Wall,Race Rocks, near Victoria, British Columbia
DEPTH: 45 feet
DATE: March 24, 2002
PHOTO BY: Marli Wakeling

Marli

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Wakeling, M., 2002 (Apr 6) Flabellina verrucosa with hydroids from Canada. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/6632

Thanks Marli,
I understand this species is not as fussy as some and is known to eat a variety of hydroids
Bill Rudman

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