Nudibranchs - Sunshine Coast etc. / 6497
All photos Copyright ©2003-2023 Gary Cobb and contributing photographers 1/10/03 Gary Cobb 0416 048 100 gary@nudibranch.com.au |
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Mariaglaja inornata (Baba, 1949) | |
Location: Hanging Rock, Sunshine Coast, Mooloolaba, Queensland Australia Size: 40 mm Depth: 20 m Temperature: 21 C |
ORDER: CEPHALASPIDEA FAMILY: Aglajidae black white |
Photographs by Gary Cobb and David Mullins - Copyright 2003-2023
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Below is a photo sequence taken on Saturday's (29-11-2015) dive trip to Cobb's at Currimundi.
First image shows two Mariaglaja inornata trailing as they search through the branches of a soft coral. The rear one seems to be veering
towards a acoel flatworm (ringed) - possibly Warminoa sp..
Second image shows its head covering the area where the acoel flatworm was situated.
Third image shows a bare patch where the flatworm was previously (ringed).
Fourth image is just a general pic showing four of the six that were present searching through the soft coral for more. These guys were doing a through job.
The images serve to indicate at least one food source of this headshield-slug.
Below: A rare colour form found at East Boulders Old Woman Island 25-11-11
Below: Mating pair
Above: laying eegs
Mariaglaja inornata laying its egg mass