5-6 egg sacs but no adults that I could find.
12 mm long in 1st image; 20 mm in 2nd; specimen in 3rd image in situ. All were found under the Hwy 101 bridge over Richardson Bay on 14 October. 4th image is of egg mass found on the same date; 5th image is close-up of strand from within the egg mass.
6th image is of newly hatched larvae trapped in surface film of water (shells 370 microns long). 7th image is ventral view of newly hatched larvae crawling on underside of coverslip. Both of these latter images were taken on 27 Oct 2013.
snorkeling
the culprit of the mystery egg sacs!!??? it was in the sea grass burrowed next to several egg masses!!
@jeffgoddard @alanarama3
last photo is not the exact eggs it was next to, just one of many seen that day, but the same type of egg mass
A new species of polyclad flatworm for me at Anacapa Island.
missing a tentacle and a little roughed up
undescribed species, first intertidal observation im aware of!
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/nudibitch/88226-mystery-flatworms-black-midline-black-tentacles
undescribed sp first seen by @imlichentoday
found on kelp (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194171357)
but rearing when found, detached quickly
no wind, light to no surge, night, water temp 61 F, -0.8ft tide
1457B
@anudibranchmom ? New to me!
This is a guess - looks similar-
Nudibranchs are a group of sea slugs characterized by having no shell, thus having their gills exposed. The name in latin, nudibranchia means precisely that: nudi (nude, exposed) + branchia (gills).
Instead of the protective shell, the nudibranchs use other intricate defense mechanisms and that's one of the reasons they are such an interesting group to study. Not to mention their exquisite appearance.
More info about this species:
www.seaslugforum.net/find/armimacu
hypselodoris.blogspot.com/2012/02/armina-maculata-rafines...
Thanks to Rui Rosa and Vanessa Madeira Lopes from the Guia Marine Laboratory (lmg.fc.ul.pt/).
Samla telja was located on sandy substrate in a back bay at a depth of 10 feet. Length was 4 cm. Water temperature was 65 degrees F.
@thomaseverest ? Tiny (like, 1/8"). underneath a rock, low intertidal.
Velutina velutina? I've never seen one.
I found about 25 of these on this date, with quite a few rocks with multiple individuals.
Dozen of individuals found in several tidepools. 1-2mm long.
I don't know who this little one is. It may have the mantle glands like cadllinas. ~1cm
Corambe pacifica on its food source, Membranipora membranacea, was located on a fragment of kelp over a sandy substrate at a depth of 40 feet. Empty tests of bryozoans underneath the slug and at the upper right of the image are signs of feeding. Length was 0.5 cm. Water temperature was 52 degrees F.
This observation is part of a long-term project examining plankton biodiversity in the nearshore waters around the Hakai Institute's Quadra Island ecological observatory. A COI DNA sequence from the organism has been deposited in the Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD). Photo license and credit belong to the Hakai Institute.
Le fait qu'il n'y ait que 3 lamelles sur les rhinophores me perturbe.
ID for the leopard shark in the middle
A large specimen, found on Bugula in the Charleston, OR boat basin. Cropped from the 2nd image, which shows four other species of Bugula-feeding nudibranchs found on the same date. Scanned from a 35 mm slide.
Found in a tide pool, about one inch long. Moved slowly like a slug.
Can anyone help me with this species? A juvenile chiton, no doubt, but which one?
so curious
-1.8 ft low tide
2022.06.11 - Guatay (on the side of the road, Old Highway 80)
I found 10 individuals of this species in low intertidal pools on this morning.
This was found by Graysquirrel in observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/113060810 and I kept tabs on it until it opened.