29 Tectura virginea. Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. © Julia Sigwart.
1: white “repugnatory” glands being pressed by forceps.
2: pressed gland emitting secretion of viscid, slow-to disperse, white threads. Fretter and Graham (1962) assumed secretion was toxic and/or distasteful, but its precise nature is yet to be established.
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Taken sometime in 2014
29 Tectura virginea. Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. © Julia Sigwart.
1: white “repugnatory” glands being pressed by forceps.
2: pressed gland emitting secretion of viscid, slow-to disperse, white threads. Fretter and Graham (1962) assumed secretion was toxic and/or distasteful, but its precise nature is yet to be established.
Full SPECIES DESCRIPTION at: flic.kr/p/tg3YWR
Key id. features at: flic.kr/p/sYAote
Sets of OTHER SPECIES at:
378
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Uploaded on May 20, 2015
Taken sometime in 2014