Janolus ignis - eggs?

June 10, 2003
From: Crispin Middleton

Hi Bill,
To accompany my earlier message here is another photo. It doesn't really show much new but I thought you could look anyway.
Thanks
Crispin

crispinm@ihug.co.nz

Middleton, C., 2003 (Jun 10) Janolus ignis - eggs?. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10188

Dear Crispin,
I'm glad you sent this as I suspect the yellowish tangle to the left of the animal is its egg ribbon attached to its bryozoan food, Orthoscuticella aff. margaritacea. Miller & Willan (1986) describe the spawn as a mass of orange-red or salmon-pimk strings, loosely tangled at the apices of Orthoscuticella aff. margaritacea clumps.." I'm pretty sure this is the first time it has been illustrated.
Best wishes
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (Jun 10). Comment on Janolus ignis - eggs? by Crispin Middleton. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10188

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