Nembrotha mullineri from Indonesia

June 13, 2002
From: Anne Owen

I have just visited your website for the first time, following a recommendation from Scott Michael - it's great and I'm pleased to have found you!

Could you help ID this nudi please. It was found at about 30-40 feet inshore in Horseshoe Bay, Rinja, Komodo National Park, May, 2002. Not a good image as it was wrapped around a colonial ascidian and I declined to disturb it. Looks much like Nembrotha, but interesting deep red instead of more normal green
Hope you can help.
Anne Owen

AnneOwen2000@aol.com

Owen, A., 2002 (Jun 13) Nembrotha mullineri from Indonesia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/7202

Dear Anne,
This is indeed a species of Nembrotha, in this case Nembrotha mullineri. By co-incidence we have just had a number of messages showing the considerable colour variation in this species. I guess if it was wrapped around a colonial ascidian, as you report, it was eating it. Species of Nembrotha feed on specific ascidians. If you have a look at the page on the green Nembrotha milleri you will find quite a few photos of it feeding on ascidians. However there is some doubt about the food of this species and I am not sure from your photo just what it is on. Have you a photo which shows the 'ascidian' more clearly? Even it is not a good photo of the slug, it would be interesting to be able to identify what it is on.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Jun 13). Comment on Nembrotha mullineri from Indonesia by Anne Owen. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/7202

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