> "Cypraeids are unusual among gastropods in that the female remains on
> the egg mass, covering it with her expanded foot until the eggs
> hatch....The brooding female remains on the egg mass, presumably without
> feeding.

I have also noticed in the Florida Keys that when you find two Cyp. zebra
under a rock together, one is generally on eggs. The other will move but the
one on eggs won't. One is usually larger (female?) than the other, too, and
the larger is on the eggs. Makes me think the male hangs around but I don't
know why.

Peggy


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