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Aldisa pikokai Bertsch & Johnson, 1982
 
Aldisa pikokai: on probable food sponge
 
pair on probable food sponge

Aldisa pikokai: on probable food sponge, detail
 
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.

Aldisa pikokai: on probable food sponge
 
mature animal on probable food sponge

Aldisa pikokai: on probable food sponge, detail
 
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.

Aldisa pikokai: cluster
 
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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