Home Acknowledgments Conventions Glossary Maps References Links Articles Thumbnails Species list Main page Next photo	Costasiella kuroshimae Ichikawa, 1993       with egg mass shows older egg mass with patchy micro-algae on its surface Photo:  Kelly McCaffrey: found by Rebecca Bicker & Kelly McCaffrey; Maalaea Bay, Maui; July 26, 2021.     egg mass shows older egg mass with urine-yellow pigment on the outer faces of its whorls (perhaps, due to concentration of colonizing micro-alga in that area?) Photo:  Kelly McCaffrey: found by Rebecca Bicker & Kelly McCaffrey; Maalaea Bay, Maui; July 19, 2021.     laying eggs shows a relatively young, Costasiella kuroshimae on an egg mass surrounded by a mucous sheath (suggesting that it's in the process of laying) Photo:  Roney Rodrigues: west shore, Oahu; April 10, 2021.     more mature animal laying eggs shows more mature animal laying eggs Photo:  Rebecca Bicker: Maalaea Bay, Maui; Aug. 26, 2021.     pair with several egg masses shows a pair with several egg masses of varying age (six animals reported present on algal blade) Photo:  Rebecca Bicker: found by Rebecca Bicker & Kelly McCaffrey; Maalaea Bay, Maui; July 26, 2021.     egg mass overgrown by micro-algae shows what appear to be yellow-green micro-algae colonizing the surface of an egg mass Photos:  Katherine Shepherd: Maalaea Bay, Maui; Oct. 17, 2021.
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