Trailing behaviour by Stiliger ornatus
April 5, 2001
From: Julie Marshall
Dear Bill,
Attached are two pictures of Stiliger ornatus trailing each other. They were found on Codium spongiosum under a dead coral slab at the reef crest on Heron Island on 7 March 2001. Their size was 6 and 7 mm. When I brought them into the lab they began this trailing behaviour. If parted they quickly circled round till they found each other again. In all cases the darker, slightly smaller animal led the other paler animal.
Best wishes
Julie Marshall
j.marshall@latrobe.edu.au
Marshall, J., 2001 (Apr 5) Trailing behaviour by Stiliger ornatus. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4116Thanks Julie,
We still have almost everything to learn about behaviour in these animals. If you ever a get a chance to take a photo of species with their food, or a photo just of the food, it would be very useful as a record and as an educational guide to us all.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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