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Future Babies
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:02 am
by Penopolypants
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:18 am
by Tom Nic
The first look like Hairy Triton eggs, and the second a type of Nudi...
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:27 pm
by Jan K
Were there any Shaggy Mouse Nudies around?
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:40 pm
by Penopolypants
Jan K wrote:Were there any Shaggy Mouse Nudies around?
Not in the immediate vicinity (that I noticed) although we did see two on another log, uh,
in flagrante delicto.
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:44 pm
by nice-diver
I got to dive Edmonds U/W park yesterday, the lings cods were cranky. One flared his mouth and started to charge at me, I didn't like it. Had a great dive though.
<a href="
" title="ling cod eggs by nice-diver, on Flickr"><img src="
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2373/220 ... ccebe8.jpg" width="500" height="374" alt="ling cod eggs"></a>
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:51 pm
by Jan K
The first batch could be eggs of Wrinkled dogwinkle (Nucella lamellosa), very similar to the Leafy Hornmouth, Tom, the Hairy Triton are more in a circle, spiral. Just my opinion, Janna wil straighten us all out !
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:00 pm
by Tom Nic
Jan K wrote:The first batch could be eggs of Wrinkled dogwinkle (Nucella lamellosa), very similar to the Leafy Hornmouth, Tom, the Hairy Triton are more in a circle, spiral. Just my opinion, Janna wil straighten us all out !
Will gladly bow to your opinion!
I just tossed out a quick idea from memory, without checking my books...
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:18 pm
by Sounder
This is why I would have stuck to "snail eggs."
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:21 pm
by Grateful Diver
I'd go with the dogwinkles ... triton eggs look more like corn ... dogwinkle eggs look more like wheat ...
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:39 pm
by CaptnJack
Dogwinkles
Pictures of both with the respective snails in the act :smt038 here:
http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wlr/waterres/mar ... snails.htm
(I forget how to direct link to our pages)
Richard
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 5:03 pm
by Greg Jensen
Actually it's a mix of leafy hornmouth (Ceratostoma) and Nucella lamellosa egg capsules. The Nucella are towards the lower left, while the Ceratostoma are filling the upper right. You can see the flattened, curled shape.
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 10:27 am
by Diver_C
Penopolypants asked me to post my picture of the eggs in the hope it may help with the id, so here it is:
If you want to see a much bigger picture, click on the address below:
http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=221 ... 3787528315
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:29 am
by Greg Jensen
Both species of snails are visible in this view.
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:38 am
by Penopolypants
Greg Jensen wrote:Both species of snails are visible in this view.
That's so funny that two different species would get together and lay eggs like that. Thanks for the info!
