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Suberites luridus

Solé-Cava & Thorpe, 1986


Jim Anderson Here's a double - Geitodoris planata on sponge covered 'upper' shell of Aequipecten opercularis> Loch Creran, Scotland - 26 may 2013

Sutherland Maciver Wow! quite a find!

Jim Anderson This is the 3rd time I've seen this combination and always at this location.

Sutherland Maciver Is the sponge Suberites luridus do you think? Its quite pale?

Sutherland Maciver it could be any number of sponges I suppose? Inculding Myxilla incrustans

Jim Anderson I'm not sure of sponges!

Sarah Bowen Not just a double; there's a tiny brittle star to the right of the nudi as well! Beautiful!

Paula Lightfoot ...which reminds me there are still no east coast records of this species on the NBN Gateway, so if anyone has any records from anywhere on the east coast (e.g. St Abbs) that they would like to share ... ;-)

Sutherland Maciver Yes I have photographed Geitodoris planate at St Abbs and know from Jim's Scottish Nudi pages that he has also

Sutherland Maciver planata sorry!

Paula Lightfoot These are diving records? If you send Dawn Watson the date, site name, coordinates (grid ref or lat/long) and depth range she can add it to the Seasearch data and it could be on the NBN Gateway within a month. We're sending an update to correct a few errors in the Seasearch dataset shortly so now's the time to add any extra records!

Message posted on British Marine Mollusca on 27 May 2013
Taxonomy
Animalia (Kingdom)
  Porifera (Phylum)
    Demospongiae (Class)
      Hadromerida (Order)
        Suberitidae (Family)
          Suberites (Genus)
            Suberites luridus (Species)
Associated Species