Undersea Jewels: A Colour Guide to NudibranchsUndersea Jewels is a guide to the nudibranchs of south-eastern Queensland. The book is easy to use and, as these animals are among the most colorful and charismatic of marine creatures, a pleasure to peruse. It covers 277 species of nudibranch (in the broad sense, i.e. = opisthobranchs) all found on the Sunshine Coast of southern Queensland, but most also found elsewhere in Australian seas and many occurring in the broader tropical Indo-West Pacific Region. Beautifully illustrated, with photos by naturalist/diver Gary Cobb and colleagues, and text by marine biologist, Richard Willan, the book provides a bridge between professionals and amateurs, and will do much to raise and enhance awareness of the marine invertebrate community, and to encourage its conservation. |
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Contents
Acknowledgements | 4 |
How Nudibranchs are Named | 11 |
Order Cephalaspidea | 22 |
Copyright | |
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Aegires Angas anus apricot-orange Baba background colour Bergh bipinnate blotches blue branchial pocket bubble snail central mantle cerata Chromodoris clavus completely smooth creamish Detail of front Detail of head egg mass elongate Favorinus foot repeats foot sole form a circle front end G1 Detail Glossodoris Gosliner head shield hydroids Hypselodoris lamellae lobes longitudinal mantle is completely mantle margin mantle's marginal band Maximum Maximum size midline mm This small moderately large nudibranch Noumea nudibranch is recognised numerous opaque white opisthobranchs oral tentacles oral veil orange pale brown papillae parapodia Phyllodesmium propodial tentacles Pruvot-Fol purple pustules Queensland Record for southern reddish repeats the colours rhinophoral sheaths rhinophores and gills Risbec Rudman Rüppell sea slug shell simple gills form slug is recognised small nudibranch soft and slimy southern Queensland species stalk Sunshine Coast tail thin translucent white transparent tubercles Ventral view vivid wavy white specks white spots white tips yellow