What is also interesting are the small This is a fascinating animal, and yes, I would like to add a photo showing the sensory papillae around the edge of the oral hood. They drove me crazy ... trying to get an image that looks better than a blob with processes.Locality: Pomene, 2 m, Mozambique, Indian, 15 November 2009, Grass beds in estuary. We think that it is Melibe viridis. Photographer: Annabelle Sandes.A 'sea slug with paddles' is quite a good description of this animal, but if you saw it covered with water you would be even more amazed by the way its head has become a scoop net for catching small crustacea.
But these Locality: Bay of Poshitra, (24.77.46 N, 52.07.77 E). Just to make it clear to other readers, what you can see in the lighter brown animal on the right is its head and oral hood. Most nudibranchs are carnivores, but their prey is usually comprises of slow-moving animals such as sponges or bryozoans. Photographer: Arpit DeomurariI have listed below one reference to the opisthobranch fauna of the Gulf of Kutch, which I guess you are familar with, but I am sure there is another which mentions finding I see Pirotan Island is now a marine park with accomodation. Photographer: Mark Atwell.Thanks for these photos. Length: 8 cm - 20 cm. Length: 10 cm. Yes it means a right-handed (clockwise) spiral, but I am afraid the transparency of the ribbon makes its impossible for me to decide from these photos - perhaps if you had the free end of the ribbon it would be easier to see?Locality: Lembeh, 12-15 m, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Pacific, 16. I assume when Brian coaxed them apart, the right animal started moving around.Locality: Cyrene Reef, intertidal, Singapore, South China Sea, 8 May 2008, Intertidal. July 2006, black sand.
October 1993. Koumac, northern New Caledonia, in grass beds, 80mm long alive. Last Sunday I went diving and saw a nudibranch that I had never seen before and I was hoping that I could get some assistance in finding out what it was.Sorry I can't be a little more specific but any help you could provide would be great.At first I thought the yellow patch you mention was the site of a lost ceras, which they quite often drop off, but it doesn't seem to be missing any. Length: 18 cm. Depth: 7 meters. Photographer: Lawrence Neal.Incidentally, this divesite is just a few miles west from Chantaburi province in Thailand where Bergh collected his type specimen of Considering Gosliner & Smith consider the original descriptions of Which brings me to your animals. We saw two individuals, one was about 150 mm and the other one was about 100 mm. So this is the first clear view I have had of it.I have been diving in Lembeh over several years, but had never seen the eggs of Melibe. Other common names include “Hooded Nudibranch” and “Transparent Nudibranch”. We are underwater videographers and we would like to have your help for the indentification of a sea slug. Juli 2006, black sand. Jedoch bei M. Colemani, sind die Cerata seitlich abgeflacht statt zylindrisch, wie bei den anderen beiden Arten. Sandy bottom. Photographer: K. Tzouvali and D.PettasPhotos: Bali, Indonesia. Like other specimens from that region [see messages #Locality: Haad Nual, Koh Larn, 10 metres, Chonburi province, Thailand, Gulf of Thailand, 25 February 2007, Sheltered sandy bay. Melibe viridis is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tethydidae. Find this Pin and more on Jellyfish & Anemones & Marine creatures by Rosalinda Alvarez. Photographer: Grazia.Your mention of the sweet smell your animals produce is very interesting as a similar odour has been reported from Locality: Tasi Tolu, 15 meters, East Timor, Banda Sea, 13 August 2006, Sandy Slope.
Photographer: Carlos R. Munda, jr..I may be wrong, but whatever the case, it is very difficult from photos to distinguish the external differences, which have been used to characterise some species in this genus.Locality: Suwoli Pearl Farm , ca 5 m, Tongyeong (Chungmu; 128°07'~128°44' east, and 34°30'~34°58' north) City, South Korea , Tongyeong Sea , 23 August 2006, Aquarium.
https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/melibe April 2005. coral reef with algae bloom. 8 October 2004. Depth: shallow water coral reef . About that level of the body sit the glands of the reproductive system so it is possibly an ovary or gland of the reproductive system showing through the almost transparent body wall.A friend of mine has been diving in the Milne Bay area of PNG. UPPER photo showing "net-like" oral veil stretched out feeling for crustacean prey. Thought it looks like a Locality: Semakau Landfill, Singapore, Singapore, Straits of Singapore, 3 December 2006, Intertidal. Have look at some of the other species and accompanying messages. I would consider them to be large Locality: Lembeh, 12-15 m, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Pacific, 4. Length: 10-12cm. Photographer: Teresa (Zubi) Zuberbühler.A fascinating slug!!