hid in holes of intertidal marine rocks and would quickly shoot back into the holes as I approached. They would never venture out of the holes, so they would only graze for food as long as the length of their body would allow them from the hole.
Some kind of cocoon/chrysalis?
SPECIES: Sea slug?
QTY: 1
LENGTH: ~40mm
DEPTH: ~1m
HABITAT: Shallow flat rocky reef with light sand and shell cover.
IMAGES: 2
NOTES: Unknown if this is a sea slug or not. It was relatively close (within 1-2m) to x3 other Dendrodoris arborescens individuals, so at the time I assumed it was just another one, but looking at the pics, the physical lumpy pattern along its back seems completely different and unique - sorry for the poor images.
BEHAVIOUR: Slow movement
CAMERA: CAMERA: Sony DSC-W350 (w/Canon housing)
PROJECT: Melbourne Sea Slug Census (Jan 2023)
An observation has already been created for the Cuthona slug, this is for the flatworm
Vu sur la plage à marée basse.
Seen at 100x magnification, sample from the Hunger Kill. Sample collected on 1/27/2023
A white aquatic flatworm. It has two tiny black dots on each side of its head region.