Abstract
Austrodoris kerguelenensis feeds on sponges of the genera Rosella and Scolymastra; Aegires albus, on Hexactinellida (Porifera); and Tritoniella belli, probably on non-determined synascidians. Bathydoris clavigera and B. hodgsoni are omnivorous.
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Wägele, H. Diet of some Antarctic nudibranchs (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia). Mar. Biol. 100, 439–441 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00394819
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