Egg-ribbon of Re: Polycera hummi
January 12, 2004
From: Karen Mudgett
Dear Bill,
While attempting to find the sea slug to take the pictures I just sent, I also found this string of eggs. I'm sure they belong to it, there's no one else in the tank that would lay eggs like this. So now you have pictures of Polycera hummi, as well as it's eggs. However, based upon our experience with the Ragged Sea Hares, I'm now afraid that I will wake up tomorrow to find that it has died. I hope not, but I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
Karen Mudgett
anoksunamun@wildmail.net
Mudgett, K., 2004 (Jan 12) Egg-ribbon of Re: Polycera hummi. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/11874Thanks Karen,
As you suggest, the eggs are another new bit of information. I'm afraid the cahnces of your animal staying alive long without its food are probably quite slim. Apart from anything else, the species of Polycera which live on arborescent bryozoans are quite fast growing animals which don't live for long. They have apparently adapted to living with these bryozoans which are themselves opportunistic organisms with are themselves fast growing and short-lived.
Best wishes
Bill Rudman
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