Re: egg-eating Favorinus

July 30, 2000
From: Terry Gosliner

Dear Bill,

Denise Nielsen Tackett's photos of the cephalaspidean egg eater brings back fond memories. There are actually two species of these Favorinus that we have found commonly in both Papua New Guinea and the Philippines. The other one not shown in Denise's photo has more inflated cerata. The two also have different shaped egg masses. I will dig out some photos of these guys and forward them to you. They are definitely exceptionally cool animals. The aeolids glide through the egg masses with their cerata held back close to the notum so they don't get tangled in the snot of the egg mass. Hey, it's a living!
All the best,
Terry.

tgosline@calacademy.org

Gosliner, T., 2000 (Jul 30) Re: egg-eating Favorinus. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2786

Dear Terry,
Thanks for the graphic description of their life style. Look forward to seeing the photos.
Bill Rudman.

Factsheet

Favorinus sp. 3

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