Elysia subornata and egg masses
June 13, 2003
From: Christian Glardon
Dear Bill,
This Elysia subornata and egg mass were found at Titusville in Florida, USA. On Caulerpa prolifera.
Christian Glardon
sonatedesheimes@mac.com
Glardon, C., 2003 (Jun 13) Elysia subornata and egg masses. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10198
Thanks Christian,
The egg ribbon is rather puzzling. I don't know if the yellow 'smear' is an example of extra-capsular yolk, or whether this is just an abnormal egg-laying. In the close-up [lower left] there are very few signs of eggs in the underlying mucus layer. I would suspect this is a failed egg-laying but looking at the photos of the egg ribbon of another Caribbean Elysia, Elysia pratensis, suggests that more than one Elysia from the Caribbean has this peculiar arrangement of yolk.
Best wishes
Bill Rudman
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