Re: Polycera aurantiomarginata - mating & eggs
February 25, 2008
From: David Abecasis
Concerning message #9475:
Hello Bill,
I've found several specimens of Polycera aurantiomarginata on top of a artificial structure in a coastal lagoon. There were about 15 specimens and some of them were mating. This species is frequently seen inside Ria Formosa.
Locality: Ria Formosa, 2 metres, Faro, Portugal, Atlantic Ocean (coastal lagoon), 17 January 2008, sand bottom. Length: ~15mm. Photographer: David Abecasis.
Regards,
David Abecasis
davidbecas@netcabo.pt
Abecasis, D., 2008 (Feb 25) Re: Polycera aurantiomarginata - mating & eggs. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21393
Thanks David,
I've included a close-up of one of your photos to show the cup-like circlet of feeding tentacles [arrows] along the branches of the bryozoan which I presume the Polycera is feeding on. In your photo, the bryozoan colony could easily be mistaken for a clump of reddish algae unless you look very carefully.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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