Nudibranch - Verconia sp.

A tiny 4mm, multicolored speck on dead coral turned out to be not just a new species of Verconia for Kwaj but a second almost undetectable individual noticed only after the photos were downloaded. The extremely tiny juvenile Verconia can be seen just to the bottom right of the larger one and by means of relative comparison, was only 0.5mm. Both were feeding on a thin layer of purple sponge.

22 February 2016

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