More photos of Okenia atkinsonorum

December 10, 2007
From: Bill Rudman


To complement my earlier message [#21273] on Okenia atkinsonorum here are some photos of the specimens sent to me by Leanne & David Atkinson. Fortunately an associate, Des Beechey, was available with camera when the specimens arrived and kindly took these photos for me.

Locality: The Pipeline, west side of Nelson Bay, Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia, on Pleurotoichus clathratus, 11 m, 11 June 2005, 13-15 mm long alive, AM C445669. Collectors: Leanne & David Atkinson. Photos: Des Beechey.

Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Dec 10) More photos of Okenia atkinsonorum. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21274

Photo of egg ribbon laid in a dish. Usually the egg ribbons is laid on their bryozoan food and as in the middle photo, does not appear as such a regular spiral. [long diameter of spiral = 9 mm].

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Dec 10). Comment on More photos of Okenia atkinsonorum by Bill Rudman. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21274

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