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about 1.5cm tall, yellow or beige. Laid upright in rows on hard surfaces.
Common on our Northern shores. |
Capsules
about 1cm, slender, yellow turning purple. Laid on rocks near high
water mark. Common on our Northern shores. |
Long
strings of eggs in mucus, looks like noodles. Laid among seaweeds,
seagrasses, or on rocks. Seasonally common on some of our Northern
shores. |
Small
string of eggs laid in a coil on seagrass blade. Sometimes seen on
our Northern shores. |
Sausage-like
4-6cm long, 0.5cm wide. Fragile, usually transparent. Laid among seaweeds.
Seasonally common on all our shores. |
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mass to 1cm wide, white or beige. Frilly ribbons laid in spirals on
hard surfaces, seaweeds and seagrasses. Seasonally common on our undisturbed
shores. |
Egg
mass 6-8cm wide, made up of sand and mucus. Not attached. Common on
our Northern shores. |
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10cm
long. Translucent blob, when submerged teardrop or light-bulb shaped.
Sometimes seen in mudflats and sandflats. |
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| Capsules
about 10cm long, elongated with angular bumps. Not attached. Common
on our undisturbed Northern shores. |
Tear-drop
shaped capsules (1.5-2cm) joined together in a 'string' about 10-15cm
long, attached to a tubeworm tube or other hard surface. Sometimes
seen on our Northern shores. |
Sausage-like
capsules 6-8cm long. Bunches of several 'sausages' attached to seaweeds.
Sometimes seen on many of our shores. |
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eggs |
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bubble about 1-3cm, translucent with two openings, in clusters under
and on rocks on some of our shores. |
2-3cm,
translucent blob stuck under stones with fine red bars at one opening.
Sometimes seen on our Northern shores. |
Each
blob about 1cm across. Clusters of blobs on boulders and larger rocks,
usually near base and under overhands. Also on jetty pilings. Commonly
seen on our Northern shores. |
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