Re: Polycera aurantiomarginata - mating & eggs

February 25, 2008
From: David Abecasis

Concerning message #9475:

Hello Bill,

I've found several specimens of Polycera aurantiomarginata on top of a artificial structure in a coastal lagoon. There were about 15 specimens and some of them were mating. This species is frequently seen inside Ria Formosa.

Locality: Ria Formosa, 2 metres, Faro, Portugal, Atlantic Ocean (coastal lagoon), 17 January 2008, sand bottom. Length: ~15mm. Photographer: David Abecasis.

Regards,
David Abecasis

davidbecas@netcabo.pt

Abecasis, D., 2008 (Feb 25) Re: Polycera aurantiomarginata - mating & eggs. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21393

Thanks David,
I've included a close-up of one of your photos to show the cup-like circlet of feeding tentacles [arrows] along the branches of the  bryozoan which I presume the  Polycera is feeding on. In your photo, the bryozoan colony could easily be mistaken for a clump of reddish algae unless you look very carefully.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2008 (Feb 25). Comment on Re: Polycera aurantiomarginata - mating & eggs by David Abecasis. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21393

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