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