Nudibranchs - Sunshine Coast etc. / 7323a
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08/05/04
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0454a

Pleurobranchus caledonicus Risbec, 1928
Location: Old Woman Island, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Queensland Australia
Size: 40 mm
Depth: found under old coral head
Temperature: 22 C
Order: PLEUROBRANCHIDA
Family: Pleurobranchidae
brown hole
New record for Australia - very rare
Photograph by Gary Cobb - Copyright 2003-2023

Below: 2nd animal found in 10 years! From Flinders Reef East 17-03-2013








Ventral view showing oral veil, foot and gills