Doto koenneckeri - food and eggs
April 29, 2006
From: Marina Poddubetskaia Ossokine

Dear Bill,
To complete my previous message [#16427], here are the related hydroid Aglaophenia and some egg-ribbons.
Locality: 'La digue', Port-Leucate , 3m, France, Mediterranean, 16 May 2005. Length: (5) : 6mm / (6) : 3mm. Photographer: Marina Poddubetskaia Ossokine.
Best wishes,
Marina.
Nembro website
nembro@nembro.info

Dear Marina,
Thanks for this very useful background information. It's always a happy sight in the field to see a clump of hydroids with white egg masses on them like this, as it often means that adult slugs will be there. Unfortunately it can sometimes be a message that the adults have done their job and either died, or eaten all the polyps and left to look for food elsewhere.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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