Doto koenneckeri - food and eggs

April 29, 2006
From: Marina Poddubetskaia Ossokine

Dear Bill,

To complete my previous message [#16427], here are the related hydroid Aglaophenia and some egg-ribbons.

Locality: 'La digue', Port-Leucate , 3m, France, Mediterranean, 16 May 2005. Length: (5) : 6mm / (6) : 3mm. Photographer: Marina Poddubetskaia Ossokine.

Best wishes,
Marina.
Nembro website

nembro@nembro.info

Poddubetskaia Ossokine, M., 2006 (Apr 29) Doto koenneckeri - food and eggs. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16428

Dear Marina,
Thanks for this very useful background information. It's always a happy sight in the field to see a clump of hydroids with white egg masses on them like this, as it often means that adult slugs will be there. Unfortunately it can sometimes be a message that the adults have done their job and either died, or eaten all the polyps and left to look for food elsewhere.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Apr 29). Comment on Doto koenneckeri - food and eggs by Marina Poddubetskaia Ossokine. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16428

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