Hypselodoris cantabrica laying eggs.

June 17, 2006
From: Joao Pedro Silva

Dear Bill,

Last Saturday I shot this fairly large Hypselodoris cantabrica laying eggs. It was inside a crevice in the rock at aproximately 7 meters deep and it required a change on my strobe's position to get to the animal.

Locality: Baleal, 7 meters, Portugal, Atlantic Ocean, 10 June 2006, rocky bottom. Length: aprox. 4cm long. Photographer: Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva.

Quite a common species around these parts but still a first for me to see it laying eggs. Several dozen of its "cousins", Hypselodoris villafranca were mating that same day not far from that rock [see separate message #16878 ]
Cheers,

Joao Pedro

jpsilva@uwphotographer.net

Silva, J. P., 2006 (Jun 17) Hypselodoris cantabrica laying eggs.. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16873

Dear Joao Pedro,
Thanks for the photo. As I have said before [message #14740] I have some difficulties separating H. cantabrica from H. malacitana, so unlesss someone objects I will use your identification. The egg ribbon certainly looks like others we have on the Forum of this species.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Jun 17). Comment on Hypselodoris cantabrica laying eggs. by Joao Pedro Silva. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16873

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