Hapalochlaena eggs

[Gonodactylus]

You can't always get close to brooding blue-ring females, but here are a couple of shots that I thought might be of interest.

Roy

[cephalopoder]

Beautiful picture Roy! What kind of camera did you use for the shoot? Do you have any pics of the rearing system you use for the little one?
chris

[Gonodactylus]

This shot was taken in the field at Lizard Island. The species is an undescribed blue-ring closely related to H. maculosa, but much happier in warm water. I found her living in a rock oyster shell at 60 feet.

Typically, I use a Nikon F3 or 90 with a 105 mm macro lens. This image was a bit overexposed, but using Photoshop I was able to tone it down a bit. These embryos were about two days from hatching.

I forgot to post a shot of H. lunulata brooding. I'll do that tomorrow when I get back into the office. There is an error in my FAMA article on blue-rings. In it I state that H. lunulata attach their eggs to the substrate. This is not always the case and they will carry egg garlands just like H. maculosa and H. fasciata.

Roy

[Gonodactylus]

H lunulata image taken in the lab. The eggs are only a few days old.

[Avi]

wow, those eggs look crazy.