Nudibranchs - Sunshine Coast etc. /R0012624
All photos Copyright ©2003-2023 Gary Cobb and contributing photographers
09/12/2022
Gary Cobb 0416 048 100
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2320aa

Favorinus sp. 7

Location: Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Sunshine Coast, Queensland Australia
Size: 4 mm
Depth: 5 m
Temperature: 24 C

ORDER: NUDIBRANCHIA
FAMILY: Facelinidae
Photographs by Gary Cobb, Fran Roberts, Nevar Fourie and David Parker - Copyright 2003-2023

Lower 6 photos: Found a second time on 11-12-2022, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park
In these more recnt photos the bulbous rhinophores are easy to see, hence Favorinus.
This animal is similar to Austraeolis ornata but has purple specks instead of blue and bulbous rhinophores
because of that we choose to keep it separated.

 

 

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