All photos Copyright ©2003-2021 Gary Cobb and contributing photographers
03/07/04
Gary Cobb 0416 048 100
gary@nudibranch.com.au
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| Nudibranchs - Sunshine Coast etc. / 1114b All photos Copyright ©2003-2021 Gary Cobb and contributing photographers 03/07/04 Gary Cobb 0416 048 100 gary@nudibranch.com.au |
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| Okenia hallucigenia Rudman, 2004 |
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| Location: Coles Hole, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Queensland Australia Size: 18 mm Depth: 20 m Temperature: 19 C |
ORDER: NUDIBRANCHIA |
"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". |
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Photographs by Gary Cobb and David Mullins - Copyright 2003-2021
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