Nudibranchs - Sunshine Coast etc. / 2709a
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30/12/03
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2709a

Pteraeolidia semperi (Bergh, 1870)
Location: Rock Wall, Mooloolaba Sunshine Coast, Queensland Australia
Size: 90-10 mm
Depth: 1.8 m
Temperature: 24 C
ORDER: NUDIBRANCHIA
FAMILY: Facelinidae
white brown purple

Photographs by Gary Cobb and David Mullins - Copyright 2003-2023

Below 2 photos: a 190 mm giant was found on the 25th of November 2012 at Flinders Cave





















2761a
White juvenile animal without symbiotic zooxanthellae and larger brown animal in which symbiotic zooxanthellae
are nurtured in ducts of the digestive gland both in the cerata and the body wall. Bill Rudman


2725a


Laying egg mass