Eggs of Okenia zoobotryon

June 9, 2006
From: Marina P. Ossokine

Dear Bill,

In addition to my previous message [#16797], here are the photos of an egg-ribbon produced by Okenia zoobotryon.

Locality: 'Cap Manuel', Dakar, 5m, Senegal , Atlantic Ocean, 2 June 2005.  Photographer: Marina Poddubetskaia Ossokine.

Best wishes,
Marina.
Nembro website

nembro@nembro.info

Poddubetskaia Ossokine, M., 2006 (Jun 9) Eggs of Okenia zoobotryon. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16798

Thanks Marina,
Glad to see the eggs are deposited on the ctenostome bryozoan Zoobotryon verticillatum, which is the preferred food of this species.  
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Jun 9). Comment on Eggs of Okenia zoobotryon by Marina P. Ossokine. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16798

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