Spawn and courtship behaviour ?in Chelidonura punctata


by Philibert Bidgrain and Eva Fontaine

All the photos whose present in this page, are taken on a small population in Chissioua Karoni (Mayotte Island) during May 2012


May be a courytship behavior. Several pairs of specimens with the same behavior was observed during the spawning period


Several specimens with the same spawning behavior was observed during this spawning period

Mayotte, Chissioua Karoni on the fringing reef, 2-3 m, 25 May 2012, size : 25-30 mm