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| Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > sea slugs > Order Nudibranchia |
| Bumpy-faced
armina nudibranch Armina sp. Family Arminidae updated Oct 08 Where seen? This armina nudibranch is often seen on Changi and some of our Northern shores among seagrass meadows with sea pencils. Features: 3-4cm long. Long, narrow body with stripes and a white border on the edge of the mantle skirt. The foot is white too. The shield-shaped oral veil has finger-like bumps on it. It is often seen burrowing in sand. Debelius says the bumps is distinctive of A. japonica, Dr Bill Rudman thinks otherwise. Sometimes mistaken for Semper's armina nudibranch (Armina semperi) that has a more colourful oral veil and foot and lacks 'bumps' on its face. What does it eat? As a group, the armina nudibranchs eat soft corals and sea pens. The bumpy-faced armina nudibranch is often seen near sea pencils. It is possible that they eat the sea pencils. There's so much more to learn about our shores! |
 Next to a sea pencil. Changi, Jun 05  Bumps on the face. |
 Changi, Aug 05 |
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 Egg mass next to it? |
Bumpy-faced armina nudibranch on Singapore shores
 Changi, Jul 05  |
 Changi, Jul 05  |
 Changi, May 05  |
 Changi, Jul 05 |
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 Chek Jawa, Apr 04 |
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IKAN-Unterwasserachiv, Frankfurt. 321 pp.|
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