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Newly hatched nudibranch larvae!

  • Writer: Debra Quick
    Debra Quick
  • Jun 8, 2019
  • 1 min read

My flabellina iodinea eggs hatched after a week. The newborn are called veligers, and they once they hatch from their egg cases, they have a protective case around their organs, but ciliated velum is free. They will shed this case once they settle down and metamorphose into a sea slug.


Flabellina iodine with egg cases

 
 
 

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