Description

Also known as Black-and-Gold Cyerce, Black-and-Gold Sap Sucking Slug, Many Petalled Sea Slug, Many Petalled Slug, Nudibranch, Sacoglossan, Sacoglossan Sea Slug.

Found singly or in pairs over rubble and sandy areas of coral and rocky reefs. These nudi's can drop cerata when disturbed, these are sticky and carry on moving around presumably as a form of defense!
They feed on algae.
Length - 2cm
Depth - ?m
Widespread Indo-Pacific

Opisthobranchia - Nudibranchs - Sea Slugs meaning "naked gills" are molluscs without a hard shell.
All opisthobranchs are hermaphrodites.
These beautiful slugs are usually brilliantly coloured and this in itself can act as a deterrent against predators. Some sea slugs secrete acid from stinging cells in their tentacles while others secrete acid from cells in their mantle.
Nudibranchs are slow moving, can swim or be propelled along either by muscular contraction or by millions of tiny hairs on the bottom of a fleshy 'foot', they have a voracious appetite and feed with a rasp like tongue.
Nudibranch lay their eggs in a ribbon effect on the sand, in different colours depending on species Ref: http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/cyernigr