Nudibranchs - Sunshine Coast etc. / 1114b
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03/07/04
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0754b

Ceratodoris hallucigenia (Rudman, 2004)
Location: Coles Hole, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Queensland Australia
Size: 18 mm
Depth: 20 m
Temperature: 19 C

ORDER: NUDIBRANCHIA
FAMILY: Goniodorididae
pink red



"This species is named for its likeness to the Burgess Shale "onycophoran" hallucigenia sparsa Morris, 1977, as reconstructed by lars Ramskold (1992).

Living onycophorans are very rare, terrestrial, Gondwanan creatures that have
characters intermediate between those of annelid worms and arthropds. Their
common name is "velvet worms".

Photographs by Gary Cobb - Copyright 2003-2025








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