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Asteronotus spongicolus
Asteronotus spongicolus is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.
From the article Asteronotus spongicolus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
This species was described from Zanzibar, Tanzania with additional material from the mainland coast of Tanzania and also from Lizard Island, North Queensland, Australia. It is also known from Malaysia and the Philippines.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
Asteronotus spongicolus feeds on the leafy sponge Carteriospongia sp. and is well camouflaged on the undersides of the sponge blades.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Ecology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52962.