All photos Copyright ©2003-2026 Gary Cobb and contributing photographers
1/10/03
Gary Cobb 0416 048 100
gary@nudibranch.com.au
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| Nudibranchs - Sunshine Coast etc. / 5687
All photos Copyright ©2003-2026 Gary Cobb and contributing photographers 1/10/03 Gary Cobb 0416 048 100 gary@nudibranch.com.au |
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| Goniobranchus splendidus (Angas, 1864) [Previously known as Chromodoris splendida] |
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| Location: Old Woman Island, Sunshine Coast, Mooloolaba, Queensland Australia Size: 50 mm Depth: 15 m Temperature: 21 C |
ORDER: NUDIBRANCHIA FAMILY: Chromodorididae white red yellow |
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Photographs by Gary Cobb - Copyright 2003-2026
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Here is an endoparasitic copepod Splanchnotrophus brevipes which lives in seaslugs, with the sausage-shaped egg sacs of the females protruding from the body of the slug.
Below: Many were found on the wreck HMAS Brisbane, here is one without red spots!
