Janolus cristatus from Italy
April 26, 2006
From: Luigi Montevecchi
Dear Bill,
Here are some pictures of Janolus cristatus from Tremiti Islands, Italy. The water temperature varied from 11 to 12 °C. I am not sure that the filaments are the egg of the nudibranch: what do you think about?
Locality: Tremiti Islands, 10-23 meters, Italy, Mediterranean sea, 16 and 17 April 2006, Rocky. Length: 20 mm about. Photographer: Luigi Montevecchi.
Luigi Montevecchi
montevecchi@iol.it
Montevecchi, L., 2006 (Apr 26) Janolus cristatus from Italy. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16421Thanks Luigi,
Fortunately I can definitely say the egg ribbon does not belong to this species. If you look at message #1285 you can see the very distinctive egg ribbon of J. cristatus. The pinkish egg ribbon in your photo is on the remains of a hydroid colony so I suspect it is the eggs of an aeolid, probably something like Flabellina affinis.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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