Re: Phyllodesmium longicirrum feeding

December 8, 2006
From: Michael Henke

Concerning message #18948:

Dear Bill,
Thanks again for your comments. I also wish I had given it a gentle poke and taken a few macro pictures, but my real problem while taking the photos was to find the head of the nudi. Even looking at the pictures, I hadn't seen the contracted oral tentacles until you showed them to me. Thanks! I have more pictures of this nudi, but on looking at them I can't find an answer to our questions. Maybe you have a better eye and if you'd like to look, I can send them to you.
Best wishes,
Michael

henke@seddoc.de

Henke, M., 2006 (Dec 8) Re: Phyllodesmium longicirrum feeding. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/18964

Thanks Mike,
I think we have to consider this unanswerable. I have put your Phyllodesmium on the Forum's 'abnormalities ' page. Most records there seem to be developmental abnormalities, but some, like yours, seem to be the result of damage and faulty regrowth.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Dec 8). Comment on Re: Phyllodesmium longicirrum feeding by Michael Henke. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/18964

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