Nembrotha purpureolineata laying eggs
March 4, 2008
From: Leanne & David Atkinson
Dear Bill,
We found a Nembrotha laying eggs. We weren't sure if it was N. rutilans [= N. purpureolineata], or N. lineolata. There was another one like it a metre away. A few metres further on there were some that we could definitely identify as N. rutilans. Although you could hardly say species of Nembrotha were common to the area the one we see mostly is N. rutilans.
Location: Fly Point, Marine Reserve, Port Stephens, NSW, Australia
Date: 13 March 2004. Depth: 12 metres. Photo:Leanne & David Atkinson
It seems to have damaged gills. There were ascidians that N. rutilans eat nearby.
Thanks for your help,
Leanne & David Atkinson
atk@hunterlink.net.au
Atkinson, L.& D., 2008 (Mar 4) Nembrotha purpureolineata laying eggs. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/12454Dear Leanne & David,
As this is an old message I have retrieved from the backlog I have left your usage of N. rutilans which as you will see from today's message [#21419] has changed to N. purpureolineata. Apart from the valuable record of the egg ribbon, it is interesting to get one of these unusual lined variants of the species.
Best wishes
Bill Rudman
Related messages
-
Nembrotha purpureolineata and caprellids
From: Valda Fraser, February 17, 2009 -
Abnormality in Nembrotha purpureolineata
From: Leanne & David Atkinson, March 26, 2008 -
Nembrotha rutilans mating in Raja Ampat
From: Bob Whorton, June 5, 2007 -
Nembrotha rutilans? from Indonesia
From: Aaron Fink, March 5, 2007 -
Nembrotha rutilans mating from Lembeh Strait
From: Mike Krampf, December 5, 2006 -
Nembrotha rutilans - feeding observations
From: L. & D. Atkinson, February 15, 2006 -
Nembrotha purpureolineata or purpureolineolata?
From: Roberto Sozzani, February 10, 2006 -
Nembrotha rutilans - colour variation
From: Bruce Potter, February 8, 2006 -
Nembrotha rutilans laying eggs
From: Leanne & David Atkinson, February 6, 2006 -
Nembrotha rutilans laying eggs - some more details
From: Roberto Sozzani, June 24, 2005 -
Nembrotha rutilans eating tunicate
From: Bob Whorton, June 9, 2005 -
Re: Nembrotha rutilans mating
From: Roberto Sozzani, May 11, 2005 -
Nembrotha rutilans mating
From: Roberto Sozzani, May 5, 2005 -
Nembrotha rutilans mating
From: Dana Africa, January 30, 2004 -
Nembrotha rutilans on the Great Barrier Reef
From: Paul Osmond, January 8, 2004 -
Nembrotha rutilans from Bali?
From: Jukka-Pekka Salmenkaita, August 29, 2003 -
re: Nembrotha rutilans at Fly Point
From: Dave Harasti, April 25, 2003 -
Nembrotha rutilans from Nelson Bay, Australia
From: Dave Harasti, April 19, 2003 -
Nembrotha rutilans from Sydney
From: Paul Selwood, January 24, 2003 -
Nembrotha rutilans juvenile feeding
From: Danny Van Belle, January 17, 2003 -
Nembrotha rutilans from Nelson Bay
From: Allan Saben, January 15, 2003 -
Nembrotha rutilans from Borneo
From: Mark Burnett, December 31, 2002 -
Nembrotha rutilans feeding
From: Sabine Noack, November 1, 2002 -
Juvenile? Nembrotha from North Sulawesi
From: Marli Wakeling, October 6, 2002 -
Nembrotha rutilans? from Malaysia
From: Richard Houghton, September 16, 2002 -
Nembrotha rutilans feeding
From: Mary Jane Adams, May 11, 2002 -
Nembrotha rutilans feeding
From: Mary Jane Adams , September 20, 2001 -
Nembrotha rutilans from Mozambique
From: Valda Fraser, May 4, 2001 -
Re: Nembrotha rutilans
From: Jeremy Rose, September 23, 2000 -
Nembrotha rutilans from Sydney
From: A. Lumnitzer & D. Piotrowska, September 21, 2000 -
Nembrotha rutilans in aquarium
From: Jeremy Rose, September 19, 2000 -
Nembrotha rutilans feeding
From: David & Leanne Atkinson, January 22, 2000 -
Nembrotha rutilans from Port Stephens
From: Grey McNeil, July 14, 1999 -
Nembrotha rutilans
From: Bill Rudman, July 2, 1999 -
Nembrotha rutilans mating
From: David & Leanne Atkinson, April 15, 1999