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Aldisa pikokai
Bertsch & Johnson, 1982
![Aldisa pikokai: on probable food sponge](../photos/Aldisa-pikokai-283q.jpg)
pair on probable food sponge
![Aldisa pikokai: on probable food sponge, detail](../photos/Aldisa-pikokai-283r.jpg)
detail
shows a pair of young
animals on a probablefood sponge; note that the oscules of the sponge
contain darker spots reminiscent of the spots often present in the
"craters" of more mature A. pikokai
Photo: CP: largest about 8 mm: Kapalua Bay, Maui; April 12, 2017.
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![Aldisa pikokai: on probable food sponge](../photos/Aldisa-pikokai-283s.jpg)
mature animal on probable food sponge
![Aldisa pikokai: on probable food sponge, detail](../photos/Aldisa-pikokai-283t.jpg)
detail
shows large
animal on sponge with probable feeding damage; note that the oscules of
the sponge
are much less prominent than in the above photos (or have been
abraded/removed by feeding?); sponge overgrowing bryozoan and spirorbid
tubes
Photo: CP: about 24 mm: Kapalua Bay, Maui; May 31, 2016.
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![Aldisa pikokai: cluster](../photos/Aldisa-pikokai-283u.jpg)
cluster
shows cluster of four animals on remnants of probable food sponge
Photo: Rob Johnson: Puako, Big Island; Sept. 27, 2021.
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