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Prickly Shark (Echinorhinus cookei)Observer
lem504Description
Shark was about 6ft long and seen at a depth of 130ft at La Jolla Shores. The shark stayed with 5 divers for a couple minutes and did not seem to care we were there. It sauntered deeper into the canyon and we did not follow it. Photo credit: TJ Esposito.
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Blue Shark (Prionace glauca)Observer
michael_bearDescription
This was a 6 ft foot long female, attracted by our chumming about 10 miles west of La Jolla
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Eurylepta leopardaObserver
calliemackDescription
This flatworm is apparently feeding on a transparent tunicate.
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Polyclad Flatworms (Order Polycladida)Observer
amidzooidsDescription
Tide pool at -0.8'. Hylocelis californica?
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Polyclad Flatworms (Order Polycladida)Observer
anudibranchmomDescription
Gorgeous, about 1" long.
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Polyclad Flatworms (Order Polycladida)Observer
alex_bairstowDescription
At least 2 inches long.
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anudibranchmomDescription
Quite large, about 2" long, and this amazing color is accurate in the photo.
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Genus StylochusObserver
maxbottomtimeDescription
Stylochus sp. from Kevin's Reef, Palos Verdes, California
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Genus EuryleptaObserver
mcduckDescription
Found in rocky intertidal. I've been finding specimens of this species in the rocky intertidal of central California since 1968. As far as I know it is still undescribed. Photo scanned from 35mm slide.
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Genus EuryleptaObserver
mcduckDescription
Found in rocky intertidal. I've been finding specimens of this species in the rocky intertidal of central California since 1968. As far as I know it is still undescribed. Photo scanned from 35mm slide. At this time I was still an undergraduate and didn't own an SLR, so the photo was taken by Richard Roller who was my mentor in all things nudibranch.
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Genus EuryleptaObserver
mcduckDescription
Found in rocky intertidal.
Photo scanned from 35mm slide. I've been finding specimens of this species in the rocky intertidal of central California since 1968. As far as I know it is still undescribed.
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Genus EuryleptaObserver
mcduckDescription
Found in rocky intertidal. 15mm length. I've been finding specimens of this species in the rocky intertidal of central California since 1968. As far as I know it is still undescribed.
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Pleioplana inquietaObserver
damontigheDescription
Found under a rock stuck in the Lake Merrit mud near the pedestrian bridge. ~3.5 cm long when on the move.
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Giant Nudibranch (Dendronotus iris)Observer
shinesadieDescription
Tiny, shot at 2x macro and cropped
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Sargassum Nudibranch (Scyllaea pelagica)Observer
jeffgoddardDescription
Images show three of the five total specimens found on drift eelgrass and Sargassum this morning during a Rapid Assessment Survey of marine invertebrates and algae in a marina in Westport, MA.
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Spotted Lagoon Aeolid (Tenellia adspersa)Observer
jeffgoddardDescription
Found with egg masses on hydroid Ectopleura crocea.
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Flatworms (Phylum Platyhelminthes)Observer
chilipossumDescription
found in eelgrass bed
@nudibitch @jeffgoddard Tried to add a gif and somehow deleted the original observation. Such a fun little worm!
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Sea Squirts (Class Ascidiacea)Observer
kyle_eaton_photographyDescription
This organism was on a blade of a Giant Kelp next to the dock.
Host plant observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/180700743
The sky was overcast. This is a day before tropical storm Hillary hit.
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Gland Dorid (Polycerella glandulosa)Observer
thetidepoolerDescription
same individual as the one found by @nudibitch but found again the next day.
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Bertsch's Aeolid (Edmundsella bertschi)Observer
craigahooverDescription
Flabellina bertschi was located on the side of a boulder at a depth of 15 feet. Length was 1.5 cm. Water temperature was 65 degrees F.
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Bertsch's Aeolid (Edmundsella bertschi)Observer
lemurdilloDescription
Dozens of these on the supports of the bridge.
Mission Bay Drive piling. Max depth 5m
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Genus FlabellinaObserver
jeffgoddardDescription
Found as is, crawling underneath a tide pool ledge. About 10 mm long. Similar to F. trilineata, but has deep red cerata cores with orange cnidosacs, consistently lacks white lines on the body, and is undescribed (but being worked on by Brenna Green and Terry Gosliner at the California Academy of Sciences).
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Dysidea ambliaObserver
imlichentodayDescription
La Jolla Cove rocky reef ~20ft
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anudibranchmomDescription
Site: Masaplod Norte
Ryan Despi, Salaya Beach Houses
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Lined Nembrotha (Nembrotha lineolata)Observer
anudibranchmomDescription
Site: Poblacion
Dave Rabanes, Salaya Beach Houses
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White Sea Urchin (Lytechinus pictus)Observer
anudibranchmomDescription
Juvenile? About 1" across. Never seen this neon orange coloration before - most juveniles seem to have plain green...
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Three-colored Top Shell (Calliostoma tricolor)Observer
alanarama3Description
~3mm
Our first one.
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Desirable Flabellina (Coryphellina exoptata)Observer
anudibranchmomDescription
Site: Bubbles Point
Peri Paleracio and Romnick Baillo
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Genus ErcolaniaObserver
jeffhamannDescription
24 mm long. Found intertidally.
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Genus ThecaceraObserver
anudibranchmomDescription
Thecacera sp. 8 of Gosliner et al, NSSI2, 2018, p. 36. Site: Coconut
Peri Paleracio and Romnick Baillo
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Rabbit Sapsucking Slug (Costasiella usagi)Observer
anudibranchmomDescription
Site: Coconut
Peri Paleracio and Romnick Baillo
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Glossodoris acostiObserver
anudibranchmomDescription
Or undescribed Glossodoris sp.
Site: Bubbles Point
Peri Paleracio and Romnick Baillo
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Desirable Flabellina (Coryphellina exoptata)Observer
anudibranchmomDescription
Site: Bubbles Point
Peri Paleracio and Romnick Baillo
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anudibranchmomDescription
Site: Mainit School
Peri Paleracio and Romnick Baillo
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anudibranchmomDescription
Site: Mainit School
Peri Paleracio and Romnick Baillo
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Chamberlain's Nembrotha (Nembrotha chamberlaini)Observer
anudibranchmomDescription
Site: Mainit School
Peri Paleracio and Romnick Baillo
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Anna's Chromodoris (Chromodoris annae)Observer
anudibranchmomDescription
Site: Mainit School
Peri Paleracio and Romnick Baillo
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California Seahare (Aplysia californica)Observer
craigahooverDescription
Aplysia californica was located on sand at a depth of 60 feet. Length was 2 cm. Water temperature was 53 degrees F.
Note that the coloration of this animal is different than many of the larger specimens that have been observed.
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Genus CoryphellaObserver
craigahooverDescription
Coryphella sp. was located on reef at a depth of 20 feet. Length was 1 cm. Water temperature was 61 degrees F.
Note that this is likely an undescribed species. It varies from C. trilineata in that it lacks the white stripes.
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Gland Dorid (Polycerella glandulosa)Observer
craigahooverDescription
Polycerella glandulosa was located on a drifting patch of the glass bryozoan Zoobotryon on a sandy substrate at a depth of 20 feet. Length was 0.5 cm. Water temperature was 82 degrees F.
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Red Aldisa (Aldisa sanguinea)Observer
imlichentodayDescription
La Jolla tide pools -.66 ft two spot dorid? san diego dorid?
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Berthellina engeliObserver
imlichentodayDescription
-1.35ft low tide, rocky intertidal pools
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Pink Tritonid (Tritonia exsulans)Observer
imlichentodayDescription
north of vallecitos point, ~30ft
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Fairy Palm Hydroid (Corymorpha palma)Observer
imlichentodayDescription
la jolla canyon east wall ~45ft. With a cumanotus on fairy palm! Bonus cooper's aeolid and opalescent nudi on sand.
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California Side-gill Slug (Pleurobranchaea californica)Observer
charlotteseidPlace
Gorgonian Garden, La Jolla Submarine Canyon, La Jolla, San Diego County, CA, USA (Google, OSM)
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Heterobranchs (Subclass Heterobranchia)Observer
nudibitchDescription
@anudibranchmom maybe?
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Spotted Lagoon Aeolid (Tenellia adspersa)Observer
jeffgoddardDescription
2.5 mm long; found with egg masses on Obelia growing on kelp Saccharina.
DRM-JG-01
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Flatworms (Phylum Platyhelminthes)Observer
anudibranchmomPlace
PrivateDescription
Very small, like Vorticeros but without head tentacles
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Flatworms (Phylum Platyhelminthes)Observer
anudibranchmomPlace
PrivateDescription
Very small, like Vorticeros but without head tentacles
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Polyclad Flatworms (Order Polycladida)Observer
chilipossumDescription
@jeffgoddard do you think this is just a pale Praestheceraeus bellostriatus?
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San Diego Dorid (Diaulula sandiegensis)Observer
invertebaeDescription
dessicated
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Hilton's Aeolid (Phidiana hiltoni)Observer
lorri-gongDescription
@nudibitch You'll like this. Another anomaly.
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Family StylochidaeObserver
finaticDescription
San Diego County, California, US
