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Crested Nembrotha

Nembrotha Cristata

Description:

Polyceridae Family - Nudibranch/Sea slug

Habitat:

Rocky reef at 8mtr depth - having his lunch

Notes:

Tenggol Island, Trengganu, Malaysia....... Reference from page 344 of Nudibranchs Encyclopedia by Neville Coleman

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4 Comments

ARtPeNnography
ARtPeNnography 12 years ago

there are cases where they eat each other from different species....

Ole Johan Brett
Ole Johan Brett 12 years ago

I agree, but it looks a little bit odd. Just tasting its own/other children.

ARtPeNnography
ARtPeNnography 12 years ago

its probably eating those eggs...generally nudibranch lays egg from the back not from the front.....and they are known to eat other eggs of other nudibranch species...

ARtPeNnography
ARtPeNnography 12 years ago

eating....

ARtPeNnography
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ARtPeNnography

Malaysia

Spotted on Jun 18, 2011
Submitted on Aug 22, 2011

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