Chelidonura flavolobata from Red Sea [2]

May 31, 2003
From: Nils Anthes

Hi Bill,
In answer to your comments. Yes, we had a marine biological course with 15 students there, but also intended to collect more data on mating behaviour in Aglajids. Again, we were quite lucky: We found C. flavolobata and C. livida in reasonable numbers (> 10), and C. sandrana/tsurugensis very abundant(> 100 ind in a small bay). For all three species we collected quite nice data on mating behaviour and also observations on genital structure (penial papilla) "in action". Having now seen a number of mating Chelidonura species it is very obvious that not only penial structure but also mating behaviour is quite diverse even within this closely related group. [Red Sea aprox 20 km south of "Quseir"].
Kind regards
Nils

anthes@uni-muenster.de

Anthes, N., 2003 (May 31) Chelidonura flavolobata from Red Sea [2]. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10080

Thanks Nils,
You are obviously having a lot of luck in chasing aglajids - or should I say you have beome very skilful at finding them. I have been having second thoughts on the photos you sent and wonder if rather than being C. flavolobata they are an Indian Ocean colour form of C. inornata?
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (May 31). Comment on Chelidonura flavolobata from Red Sea [2] by Nils Anthes. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10080

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