New Zealand Seashore

DSC_5714 Ornate side-gilled slug (Berthella ornata) at rest by day, and 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_5714 Ornate side-gilled slug (Berthella ornata) at rest by day, and 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 5714 Ornate sidegilled sea slug Berthella ornata distinctive pleurobranch intertidal Pudding Island Otago Harbour