L. pallidula spawn mass, c. 200 ova, diameter c. 4.5 mm, has an angled bevelled rim (1). Similar spawn mass of L. fabalis lacks bevelled rim (2), but this may vary with age. L. parva has similar smaller masses on red algae, about 2.5 mm diameter with c. 50 ova in Britain. [L. parva :copyright: R. Durrant].

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