Siphopteron with eggs from northern N.S.W.

March 8, 2005
From: Denis Riek

Dear Bill
This is the first example of this family that I have found. It was under a rock in very shallow water and if not for the bright colour I would never have seen it.I had to photograph it at home and when I looked at the shots some have what appears to eggs being carried at the rear and under the flaps.

Locality: Brunswick River, N.S.W. Australia. Depth: 1.5 metres. Length: 3mm. 03 March 2005. Under rock in shallow water, high tide. Photographer: Denis Riek

Sorry the images aren't clearer but it was just too small.
Regards
Denis.

denisriek@hotmail.com

Riek, D.W., 2005 (Mar 8) Siphopteron with eggs from northern N.S.W.. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/13294

Dear Denis,
I am not sure whether this is just a colour form of the species in your other message [#13295], which I identified as Siphopteron sp. 5. That species certainly has quite a colour variation including animals without white patches. It ceratinly looks as though your animal is carrying eggs. Perhaps it is in the process of laying them as in the few cases of egg laying we know about, the eggs are deposited in a jelly filled sac, either attached by a mucous thread to the substrate, or attached along on side to the substrate.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2005 (Mar 8). Comment on Siphopteron with eggs from northern N.S.W. by Denis Riek. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/13294

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