Re: Hermaea variopicta - reproduction

February 24, 2006
From: Hervé Limouzin

Concerning message #15935:

Hi Bernard,
Hi Bill,

When looking my pictures, I'm not sure that what I saw were eggs masses...
Unfortunately, I can't go to dive before next week (wednesday or tuesday...). Here's  a picture, not very good, sorry...

About the algae I saw Hermaea variopicta on, there was two species: one was Halurus equisetifolius: on this species, I saw single animals. I haven't identified the second species yet, but on it, I saw single animals and couples.

On my next dive, I will take some algae to dry it and send Bernard for
identification. Thank you very much for your informations.

Hervé

limouzin.herve@tiscali.fr

Limouzin, H., 2006 (Feb 24) Re: Hermaea variopicta - reproduction. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/15936

Dear Hervé,
I would suspect the egg masses of this species would form a spiral. Have a look at the following messages for photos of sacoglossan egg masses: #9719; #9583; #4160; #12277; #7521.

Good luck with your search,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Feb 24). Comment on Re: Hermaea variopicta - reproduction by Hervé Limouzin. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/15936

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