[Taxacom] Unknown organism of Great Barrier Reef with image

[Gert Wörheide]

Dear all,
this "unknown organism"/green blob certainly is NOT a polychaete egg  
mass, it is most likely a "sailor's eyball" Valonia ventricosa (a  
green alga). Just image-google with the latin name ...
Very common on the GBR...

best

Gert

>> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:06:47 -0500
>> From: B?rbel Schwab-Moe <bsmoe at hotmail.com>
>> Subject: [Taxacom] Unknown organism of Great Barrier Reef with image
>>
>> Dear Taxacomers,
>>
>> A friend of mine came across this organism
>>
>> (http://img168.imageshack.us/my.php?image=normaldsc06473.jpg)
>>
>> while scuba diving at the Great Barrier Reef which I could not  
>> identify. Does anybody know this organism or can help with its  
>> identification?
>>
>> Thank you in advance.
>>
>> B?rbel Schwab-Moe


>> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:03:57 +0100
>> From: Jan Bosselaers <dochterland at telenet.be>
>> Subject: [Taxacom] Green blob is a polychaete egg mass
>>
>>
>>  Dear all,
>>
>> The green blob mystery has been solved:
>> http://www.dochterland.org/greenblob.htm . It is a polychaete egg  
>> mass.

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