Melibe with eggs from East Timor
December 7, 2006
From: Brian Francisco
Bill
Attached are a few photos of a Melibe having just laid a small spiral of eggs. This is one of about ten individuals encountered last night, not clustered together, but over a large sandy area.
Locality: Sandy Bottom, 13 meters, East Timor, Banda Sea, 30 November 2006, sandy slope. Length: 3 cm. Photographer: Brian Francisco.
Brian
francisco.brian@gmail.com
Francisco, B., 2006 (Dec 7) Melibe with eggs from East Timor. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/18829Dear Brian,
Thanks for these photos of Melibe engeli. Of great interest to me is that the egg ribbon is identical in shape to one I photographed in New Caledonia of this species [message #9356], even to the dextral coiling. It would certainly be interesting if we could find the egg ribbons of other species of Melibe to see if they were also species specific.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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