The body is whitish/transparent with brown reticulate markings and stumpy white rhinophores.
I'm not sure if those yellow/cream tubercles are egg sacs or digestive glands with contents its meal.
Nudibranch #2 from Manado, Indonesia
Started by BrianM, Jan 05 2013 02:17 PM
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Posted 05 January 2013 - 02:17 PM
Another nudibranch from Manado, Indonesia. It's tiny about 10 to 15mm.
The body is whitish/transparent with brown reticulate markings and stumpy white rhinophores.
I'm not sure if those yellow/cream tubercles are egg sacs or digestive glands with contents its meal.
The body is whitish/transparent with brown reticulate markings and stumpy white rhinophores.
I'm not sure if those yellow/cream tubercles are egg sacs or digestive glands with contents its meal.
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Posted 05 January 2013 - 04:55 PM
Can't find a match. I'll send it to Angel for his opinion.
The yellow-greenish coils are the egg sacs of a parasitic copepod. Look up Ismaila on the Sea Slug Forum for an example - http://www.seaslugfo...et/find/ismaila
The yellow-greenish coils are the egg sacs of a parasitic copepod. Look up Ismaila on the Sea Slug Forum for an example - http://www.seaslugfo...et/find/ismaila
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Posted 06 January 2013 - 04:56 AM
Thanks Leslie. I thought copepods usually had a pair of eggs sacs closer together and would need a point of entry on the host usually near the gill opening.
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