Mating Clione limacina (Phipps, 1774)

• Main Authors: Boxhammer, Tim, Sswat, Michael, Kohnert, Peter, Schrödl, Michael, Riebesell, Ulf
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; Kongsfjord; Svalbard; Clione limacina; Kongsfjord*
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/38574/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/38574/3/Mating%20Clione%20limacina.mp4; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/38574/2/doc.kml; https://doi.org/10.3289/MATING_CLIONE_LIMACINA_2010

In July 2010 the authors observed two mating specimens of Clione limacina (Phipps, 1774) in the surface water of the Arctic Kongsfjord, Svalbard (78° 57.6564' N, 12° 2.55558' E). Clione limacina is a holopelagic gastropod mollusc that belongs to the monophyletic group Pteropoda, which memb...