Nature Notes: A Maine Naturalist Afield
Author: Jovan G. Grollino
Host: Celeste Mittelhauser
Producer: Glen Mittelhauser
In Part 2, Jovan Grollino recounts the careful observation, rearing, and documentation of the mystery aeolid nudibranch, from egg-laying to larval development. The episode traces how these findings helped rule out known species and culminated in the specimen being sent for DNA analysis, with the possibility of a species new to science.
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