| Nudibranchs - Sunshine Coast etc. / DSC02541 All photos Copyright ©2003-2026 Gary Cobb and contributing photographers 03/10/2019 Gary Cobb 0416 048 100 gary@nudibranch.com.au |
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| Idaliadoris maugeansis (Burn, 1958) |
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| Location: La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Australia Size: 6 mm Depth: 5 mm Temperature: 22 C |
ORDER: NUDIBRANCHIA white |
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Photographs by Gary Cobb - Copyright 2003-2026
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This is a NEW RECORD for Queensland and the Mooloolah River, found from under a rock.
Previously known from Tasmania and New South Wales and thought of as Onchidoris depressa which is from the Atlantic Ocean
and lays an egg mass with 2 rows per whorl. The animals from Australia lay a single row and must be Idaliadoris maugeansis.
Confirmed by Bob Burn
Below: in situ animal at bottom of the white bryozoan.


Below: the dorsal side of the animal is covered with long papillae

Below: the ventral side showing a large "oral veil" characteristic of the genus.
Below: closeup of the elongated papillae on the dorsum and rhinophores.


