New Zealand Seashore

DSC_5742 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 *

DSC5742Ornatesidegilled sea slugBerthellaornatadistinctivepleurobranchintertidalPudding IslandOtago Harbour