Navanax inermis laying eggs

July 28, 2007
From: Bruce Wight

Hi Doc,
Found a Navanax inermis laying egg, thought it might add value to the forum. See attached two images

Locality: San Miguel Island, 50 feet, California, USA, Pacific, 15 July 2007, Reef stucture. Length: 3 inches. Photographer: Bruce Wight.

Bruce Wight

bruce.c.wight@boeing.com

Wight, B.C., 2007 (Jul 28) Navanax inermis laying eggs. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20315

Thanks Bruce,

We have a number of photos of aglajids at various stages of egg laying on the Forum [see #15333 for example] but none for Navanax inermis. All aglajids seem to form the egg mass by winding the egg string around their head and then slipping it off their head (much like we can wind rope into a coil with our arm and shoulder) . Your photos seem to show that final stage where the egg coil has been slipped off the head and is anchored in the substrate by a mucous anchor.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Jul 28). Comment on Navanax inermis laying eggs by Bruce Wight. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20315

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