TRIVIA TUESDAY
Below are answers to my Trivia Tuesday posts! Comment on FB or Instagram with the correct answer for a chance to win a sticker!
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Tuesday, March 14th 2023
What age group does this Marionia blainvillea belong to? How can you tell?
@focusmacromicro 
La Herradura, Andalucia, Spain
@focusmacromicro La Herradura, Andalucia, Spain
ANSWER:
Juvenile! They are white and as they grow, they turn orange.
Tuesday, March 7th 2023
This is a beautiful Nembrotha chamberlaini - list what they eat! 📸 @isa.photographie.sea📍Anilao, Batangas, Philippines
ANSWER:
This species feeds on ascidians and tunicates such as sea squirts, Rhopalaea and Clavelina ascidians.
Tuesday, February 21st 2023
Name the species! 📸 @steunderwater 📍 Sunshine Coast, Queensland
ANSWER:
Tyrannodoris luteolineata
SOURCE: Review of the systematics of the genus Roboastra Bergh, 1877 (Nudibranchia, Polyceridae, Nembrothinae) with the description of a new species from the Galapagos Islands -
2005, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
Tuesday, January 3rd 2023
Name the species!
📸 @joanna_underwater 📍 Tiger Reef, Dahab, South Sinai, Egypt
ANSWER:Dermatobranchus tuberculatus
Tuesday, December 13th 2022
Name the species! 📸 @chilangortena📍Cabo Pulmo National Park
ANSWER: Felimare californiensis
ANSWER: Felimare californiensis
Tuesday, December 6th 2022
This is a McDonald’s Dorid (Limacia mcdonaldi) - they are often confused with the Cockrell's Dorid (Limacia cockerelli), do you know how to distinguish the two?
📸 @kassi_sea 📍 Corona del Mar, Newport Beach, CA
ANSWER: The orange dotted line down the middle of the back is apparent on McDonald's Doris only!
Tuesday, November 29th 2022
These are actually 2 different species of Nudibranch - do you know how to tell the difference?
📸 @hannah_underwater
ANSWER: Monterey Sea Lemon (Doris montereyensis) is on the left - it has yellow gills and dark pigment is on top of the tubercles. Sea Lemon (Peltodoris nobilis) is on the right - it has white gills and the dark pigments are on the dorsum underneath the tubercles.
Tuesday, November 7th 2022
Name the species - 📸 @un_wansiri
ANSWER: Trapania tamaraw
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