Flabellina with eggs from East Timor

July 4, 2008
From: Brian Francisco

Hi Bill

I came across this flabellinid in my photo archive and am wondering if those are eggs inside the individual's body.

Locality: Tasi Tolu, 10 meters, East Timor, Banda Sea, 30 Jan 2007, sandy slope. Length: 1 cm. Photographer: Brian Francisco.

Had I realized the potential at the time I would have hung around to snap a few more photos.

Thanks
Brian
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francisco.brian@gmail.com

Francisco, B., 2008 (Jul 4) Flabellina with eggs from East Timor. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21668

Dear Brian,

In most aeolids the eggs and sperm producing structures (gonads) of the reproductive system consist of small spherical sac-like structures (acinus, acini) which sit in the body cavity above the viscera. Usually there are separate male and female acini. If I look carefully at you photo I think I can see developing eggs in the acini in the left of your photo. Each acinus has a fine duct connecting it to the rest of the reproductive system.

I suspect the animal is Flabellina rubrolineata.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2008 (Jul 4). Comment on Flabellina with eggs from East Timor by Brian Francisco. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21668

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