Sea slug/Nudibranch/Elysia? ID

Posted September 1st, 2010 by Carlos Estape

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I know we're mostly about fish but these guys intrigue me and I'm unable to ID. Anyone out there know what these are? Location: Florida Keys, <30 feet, only have seen them on sea fans. When I look at the images up-close I see no obvious anal gills but the Rhinophores are clearly visible. Carlos

Tritoniidae Nudibranch

Submitted by gwinkelca on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 09:40.

Hi Carlos,

Great pictures of what looks like Tritoniidae Nudibranch (Tritonia hamnerorum) to me. They feed on the sea fans.

Cheers,
Gerald

Tritoniidae

Submitted by Carlos Estape on Thu, 09/09/2010 - 14:40.

Hi Gerald, I'm glad someone responded. I looked up Tritonia hamnerorum on both SeaLife http://www.sealifebase.org/ and FishBase www.fishbase.org/search.php and I had no hits. Where can I find more info on this species? Thank you very much for your time, Carlos

Sea Slug Forum

Submitted by Carol202 on Sat, 09/11/2010 - 08:09.

Great photos. Totally jealous. For more info you can go to the Sea Slug Forum at http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/trithamn

Thanks

Submitted by Carlos Estape on Sun, 09/12/2010 - 09:40.

Carol, thank you very much for the link!

Tritoniidae Nudibranch

Tritoniidae

Sea Slug Forum

Thanks

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