eastern cape scuba diving
| |
|
<<< BACK
| Scientific name: |
Bonisa nakaza-1 |
|
| Common name: |
Gas flame nudibranch |
|
| Taxonomy |
| Phyulm |
Sub Phylum |
Class |
Sub Class |
Order |
Sub Order |
Family |
Sub Family |
Genus |
Species |
| Mollusca |
Not Defined |
Gastropoda |
Opisthobranchia |
Nudibranchia |
Arminina |
Zephyrinidae |
Not defined |
Bonisa |
Bonisa nakaza-1 |
|
|
Short Description:
The gasflame nudibranch is a large and beautiful nudibranch densely covered with cerata. It has highly variable coloration and may be pale-bodied with orange ceratal tips, yellow-bodied with blue ceratal tips, salmon-coloured with brown tips or even black with blue ceratal tips. Its Rhinopores are perfoliate and vary in coloration with rest of animal, separated by a rhinophoral crest of unknown function
|
Identification
features: |
|
| Size: |
It is usually between 50 and 80mm in length, but may reach 120mm. |
| Behaviour: |
The egg mass is globular, highly convoluted and usually attached to branched organisms, such as gorgonian sea fans. It is usually cream coloured, but may be pinkish |
| Diet: |
This species of nudibranch feeds on bryozoans
|
| Distribution: |
This species is endemic to the South African coast and is found only from the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula to Port Elizabeth |
| Depth: |
Intertidal border to at least 30m |
| Habitat: |
Rocky reefs |
| Reference: |
|
| Similar Species: |
|
|
Database Statistics
(Click on the links for more information) |
|
|
|
|
|
eastern cape scuba diving
.jpg){kind=link}
044.jpg){kind=link}
009.jpg){kind=link}
IMG_0116.jpg){kind=link}
IMG_0118.jpg){kind=link}
DSCF1091.jpg){kind=link}
DSCF3163.jpg){kind=link}
2010-06_Comp53.jpg){kind=link}
IMG_7394.jpg){kind=link}
