New Zealand Seashore

DSC_5768 Ornate side-gilled slug (Berthella ornata) nocturnal, our most distinctive pleurobranch. It's diet consists of sponges. Low intertidal on rocky reefs in semi-sheltered to open localities. Found under boulders. Pudding Island, Otago Harbour

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DSC_5768 Ornate side-gilled slug (Berthella ornata) nocturnal, our most distinctive pleurobranch. It's diet consists of sponges. Low intertidal on rocky reefs in semi-sheltered to open localities. Found under boulders. Pudding Island, Otago Harbour

DSC 5768 Ornate sidegilled sea slug Berthella ornata distinctive pleurobranch intertidal Pudding Island Otago Harbour