Hypselodoris emma
Rudman, 1977
Also known as: Hypselodoris emmae
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Identification is verified by Richard Willan, Nudi Pixel expert
Comment from Richard Willan: An excellent photo. It is a sponge’s-eye view of an animal with its buccal bulb completely everted as it feeds on a sponge. Only the fibrous skeleton of the sponge is remaining and so it looks like a spider’s web.
Below is comment from Dr. Bill Rudman, go to Sea Slug Forum to read more information
Dear Indra,
Thanks very much for this observation. The slug has certainly had a meal of the part of that part of the colony, only the fibrous bundles that make up its skeleton are still present. I assume the whitish sponge it is sitting on is part of the same colony. From the arrangement of the fibres I am pretty sure it is a species of Dysidea which would fit with the only other record we have of its food choice [message #11334 ]
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
| Location: | Ambon, Indonesia |
| Photographer: | Indra Swari |
| Camera: | Canon EOS 350D › View EXIF properties |
| Taken on: | October 14, 2007 |
| Viewed: | 542 times |
| Posted: | 10 months ago |
| Updated: | 9 months ago |
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Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Opisthobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Species: | Hypselodoris emma |