Notobryon
nudibranch
Notobryon sp.
Family Scyllaeidae
updated May 2020
Where
seen? Sometimes seen on some of our reefy shores.
Features: About 3cm long. It has
a pair of 'flaps' (mantle lobes) in the middle of the body which it
can use to swim with. There are fluffy structures (dendritic gill-like
structures) inside the mantle lobes. The brush-like rhinophores are
tiny and are at the tip of a huge rhinophore stalk.
What does it eat? This nudibranch
eats hydroids. |
Sisters Island,
Nov 05
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Sisters Island,
Nov 05
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Notobryon
nudibranchs on Singapore shores |
Other sightings on Singapore shores |
Beting Bronok,
May 11
Photo
shared by James Koh on flickr. |
Beting Bronok,
May 11
Photo
shared by Loh Kok Sheng on his
blog. |
Links
References
- Tan Siong
Kiat and Henrietta P. M. Woo, 2010 Preliminary
Checklist of The Molluscs of Singapore (pdf), Raffles
Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore.
- Humann, Paul
and Ned Deloach. 2010. Reef
Creature Identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications.
497pp.
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