Re: Onchidella 'eggs'

February 17, 2002
From: Peter Wirtz

Dear Bill,
Surely the 'eggs' are Collembola !
Cheers,
Peter

biomar@dragoeiro.uma.pt

Wirtz, P., 2002 (Feb 17) Re: Onchidella 'eggs'. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/6272

Dear Peter,
I didn't think of Collembola as marine animals, but that could be why they are floating on the water surface. The point I was trying to make was that they weren't eggs and were probably arthropods.
Cheers,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Feb 17). Comment on Re: Onchidella 'eggs' by Peter Wirtz. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/6272

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