All photos Copyright ©2003-2023 Gary Cobb and contributing photographers
13/11/04 and 20/08/08
Gary Cobb 0416 048 100
gary@nudibranch.com.au
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| Nudibranchs - Sunshine Coast etc. / 7179b All photos Copyright ©2003-2023 Gary Cobb and contributing photographers 13/11/04 and 20/08/08 Gary Cobb 0416 048 100 gary@nudibranch.com.au |
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| Hydatina physis (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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| Location: The Bus, Moreton Island, Queensland Australia Size: 60 mm Depth: 15 m Temperature: 22 C |
ORDER: CEPHALASPIDEA FAMILY: Aplustridae red white blue |
| Night dive - burrows into the sand during the day! | |
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Photographs by Gary Cobb - Copyright 2003-2023
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Below: Another animal found in the Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park
Below: Another animal found in the Mooloolah River La Blasa Park 02-10-2018
showing the Hancocks Organ (arrowed)
Below: 2 more animals found in the Mooloolah River La Blasa Park night 11-11-2016
Below: Another animal found at Flinders Reef 25-11-2012
The photos below are an 80mm long animal found during the day intertidally at Woody Point, Red Cliffe Australia
Burrowing in the sand where it hides during the day
Note the gills under the shell
Food source worm Timarete sp. (Cirratulidae)
Darwin Museum speciman registration No. W19069