Re: Atagema osseosa from sthn Queensland, Australia

September 11, 2006
From: Julie Marshall

Concerning message #15535:

Dear Bill,

Attached are a couple more images of Atagema osseosa. This animal was 10 mm in size and was found beneath a dead coral slab at the reef crest at Heron Island [Great Barrier Reef] at low tide.

Locality: Heron Island, Intertidal, Queensland, Australia, Pacific, 15 November 2001, Intertidal. Length: 10 mm. Photographer: Julie Marshall.

Best wishes
Julie Marshall

juliemarshall@netspace.net.au

Marshall, J.G., 2006 (Sep 11) Re: Atagema osseosa from sthn Queensland, Australia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17436

Thanks Julie,
Juveniles like this are very good at showing how the spicules in the mantle wall form a radiating network within the mantle tissue, creating a skeletal framework for both the tubercles and the mantle wall.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Sep 11). Comment on Re: Atagema osseosa from sthn Queensland, Australia by Julie Marshall. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17436

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