Sea Hare eggs
September 12, 2003
From: Angie Jones
This is a basic question and I hope the answer isn't too difficult. I am a homeschooling mom and my children just finished a unit study on the ocean. It was designed to be very broad but somehow we have gotten technical. We found some conflicting information about Sunfish and Sea Hares. One book said the Sunfish laid the most eggs of all fish and the other said the Sea Hare lays the most eggs. Anyone know who is right? Try to keep it simple. My children are 8 and 6.
Thanks,
Angie
jones327@bellsouth.net
Jones, A., 2003 (Sep 12) Sea Hare eggs. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10950Dear Angie,
I'm not sure what question you are trying to answer but I suspect there is no conflict in the information you have found. I have no idea how many eggs a Sunfish lays but I am happy to accept that it 'the most eggs of all fish'. Since Sea Hares are not fish then the number of eggs are Sea Hare lays does not conflict with anything you say about the Sunfish. Sea Hares are specialised snails, which are Molluscs [including, squid, octopus, clams, snails etc, etc]. Sea Hares certainly can lay a lot of eggs - See the earlier message discussing the number of eggs one species of Sea Hare lays.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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