New Zealand Seashore

PC_100068 Small black sacoglossan (Ercolania felina) habitat amongst the filamentous algae (Chaetomorpha aerea). Ercolania feeds on the liquid contents of the tiny swollen cells of this algae, which grows in the often warm, hyposaline water of shallow tidal pools in late summer. Brighton Beach

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PC_100068 Small black sacoglossan (Ercolania felina) habitat amongst the filamentous algae (Chaetomorpha aerea). Ercolania feeds on the liquid contents of the tiny swollen cells of this algae, which grows in the often warm, hyposaline water of shallow tidal pools in late summer. Brighton Beach

PC 100068 Small black sacoglossan Ercolania felina habitat filamentous algae Chaetomorpha aerea tidal pool Brighton Beach