All photos Copyright ©2003-2025 Gary Cobb and contributing photographers
13/11/04 and 20/08/08
Gary Cobb 0416 048 100
gary@nudibranch.com.au
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| Nudibranchs - Sunshine Coast etc. / 7179b All photos Copyright ©2003-2025 Gary Cobb and contributing photographers 13/11/04 and 20/08/08 Gary Cobb 0416 048 100 gary@nudibranch.com.au |
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| Hydatina physis (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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| Location: The Bus, Moreton Island, Queensland Australia Size: 60 mm Depth: 15 m Temperature: 22 C |
ORDER: CEPHALASPIDEA FAMILY: Aplustridae red white blue |
| Night dive - burrows into the sand during the day! | |
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Photographs by Gary Cobb - Copyright 2003-2025
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Below: Another animal found in the Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park
Below: 2 more animals found in the Mooloolah River La Blasa Park night 11-11-2016
Below: Another animal found at Flinders Reef 25-11-2012
Burrowing in the sand where it hides during the day
Note the gills under the shell
Food source worm Timarete sp. (Cirratulidae)
Darwin Museum speciman registration No. W19069