Nudibranchs - Sunshine Coast etc. / 3487b
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21/08/04
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Mexichromis macropus Rudman, 1983
Location: Castle Rock, Sunshine Coast, Mooloolaba, Queensland Australia
Size: 17 mm
Depth: 18 m
Temperature: 19 C		 ORDER: NUDIBRANCHIA
FAMILY: Chromodorididae
purple yellow
Photograph by Gary Cobb - Copyright 2003-2008

Pustules on the mantle are as tall as the gill and when disturbed it contracts
its pustules into low cones about one thrid the height of the gills. Compare the photographs below.

4688a




This is the second we found at Hanging Rock