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BBC Life - Weedy Seadragon footage
The 'Fish' episode of the BBC Life series aired on television last night. The Weedy Seadragon footage is simply stunning!
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Hi rling, Being a 'fishy person', I would be way out of my depth if I tried to talk about nudibranchs. I've forwarded your comment to the staff in our Malacology Section who will reply soon.
I'm with you Kieren. It was fantastic. Several more of the clips from that fantastic show will be slowly trickled onto the site over the coming weeks.
Saw this and loved it! What stunning footage.
Tags fishes, ichthyology, Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, Syngnathidae,
The head of a Weedy Seadragon View full size
Sascha Schulz
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A Weedy Seadragon amongst the sea weed View full size
Sascha Schulz
© Sascha Schulz
Hi rling. I have heard back from the Australian Museum’s, Janet Waterhouse who said: “Rling’s identification of Pseudobiceros bedfordi is correct and it is a flatworm. The other specimens filmed before and after the shot are all nudibranchs. Bill Rudman had a comment on a similar photo he received on sea slug forum: “This is a flatworm, not a nudibranch. Its name is Pseudobiceros bedfordi. It is sometimes hard to tell nudibranch and flatworms apart without having a close look. One good field indication though is how quickly they crawl. Your description of it as a fast moving slug is a pretty good indication that it is a flatworm. Nudibranchs are very slow”. The film clip also shows the flatworm motoring quickly around cf the nudibranchs. It seems like it’s a pretty common mistake.”