Oxynoe sp. with two tails

February 7, 2001
From: Julie Marshall


Dear Bill,
Last year I sent you some photos of an Oxynoe with a short tail which you called Oxynoe sp. 3. In November 2000 I found another specimen of the same species at Heron Island [Great Barrier Reef] but this animal had a faulty regrowth resulting in two "tails" – a short one like in the original specimen and a larger tail growing above it. This animal was 16 mm long.

Best wishes
Julie Marshall

j.marshall@latrobe.edu.au

Marshall, J., 2001 (Feb 7) Oxynoe sp. with two tails. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3663

Thanks Julie,
It looks like this one has a regrown tail which suggests there is something at Heron Island which is rather partial to a meal of Oxynoe. As Cynthia says in a message today, we don't know much about what eats opisthobranchs.
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Feb 7). Comment on Oxynoe sp. with two tails by Julie Marshall. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3663

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