Hypselodoris cantabrica laying eggs.
June 17, 2006
From: Joao Pedro Silva
Dear Bill,
Last Saturday I shot this fairly large Hypselodoris cantabrica laying eggs. It was inside a crevice in the rock at aproximately 7 meters deep and it required a change on my strobe's position to get to the animal.
Locality: Baleal, 7 meters, Portugal, Atlantic Ocean, 10 June 2006, rocky bottom. Length: aprox. 4cm long. Photographer: Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva.
Quite a common species around these parts but still a first for me to see it laying eggs. Several dozen of its "cousins", Hypselodoris villafranca were mating that same day not far from that rock [see separate message #16878 ]
Cheers,
Joao Pedro
jpsilva@uwphotographer.net
Silva, J. P., 2006 (Jun 17) Hypselodoris cantabrica laying eggs.. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16873
Dear Joao Pedro,
Thanks for the photo. As I have said before [message #14740] I have some difficulties separating H. cantabrica from H. malacitana, so unlesss someone objects I will use your identification. The egg ribbon certainly looks like others we have on the Forum of this species.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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