Mimic encrusting ascidian : Cyerce pavonina


Philibert Bidgrain

Mayotte, Mtsanga Mbouanatsa, less 1 m, 6 October 2012, size : 30 mm

 

This nudibranch is well hidden on the substrate

It mimics an encrusting ascidian....

A strange behavior, all the inside face of the cerata are visible...

Never the outside face...

If somebody make a photo with all the outside face, it would be interesting to see the effect...


The same specimen crawling on the substrate...with the "outside face" forward...