Cyphoma gibbosum (Linnaeus, 1758) Flamingo Tongue Feeding

Cyphoma gibbosum (Linnaeus, 1758) Flamingo Tongue Feeding

Cyphoma gibbosum (Linnaeus, 1758) Flamingo Tongue Feeding

   Photographed by Everett M. Turner Jr. while Scuba diving at a depth of about 25 feet, Lighthouse Point at Northwest Point area of West Bay, Grand Cayman Island 4/19/2014. Digital images copyright 2014 by Everett M. Turner Jr. The tapered cylindrical white structure projecting from the buccal cavity (mouth) is a sclerite from the gorgonid being dislodged by the radular movements of the Cyphoma.