Gymnodoris ceylonica and its eggs

February 25, 2006
From: Alain Bonnet


Dear Bill
Here are some photos of Gymnodoris ceylonica and its eggs from Pandan Is., Philippines.

Locality: Pandan island, 3 metres, Philippines, Mindoro Sea, march 2005, sea grass. Length: 30-40 mm

Alain Bonnet

alain.lm24@neuf.fr

Bonnet, A., 2006 (Feb 25) Gymnodoris ceylonica and its eggs. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/15910

Dear Alain,
Thanks for these nice photos. G. ceylonica seems to inhabit these open grass beds. I must say its egg mass is almost as messy as that of a sea hare, quite different from the precise spiral bands of most other dorid nudibranchs.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Feb 25). Comment on Gymnodoris ceylonica and its eggs by Alain Bonnet. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/15910

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