Literally have no clue what this thing is, so weird!
Please leave at genus for now. Preliminary ID by @tgosliner is Catriona group of Tenellia species. Thank you also @jeffgoddard for your ID help.
They were not tiny -- all were between 15-25 mm long.
Non-scientific description:
Body was translucent white with no other markings. No foot corners that I could see.
Ceratal cores were brown with orange tips, with varying degrees of faint opaque white frosting on the leading edge of the cerata, ranging from virtually none on the smaller individuals to obvious on the largest individual.
Rhinophores were smooth with opaque white on the backside of the tips, with a small orange-red patch just below that (barely extended to the front of the rhinophore, so not really a "band").
Oral tentacles were about the same length as the cerata, with a red-orange patch on the leading edge that did not extend to the tip. As with the rhinophores, the oral tentacles had varying degrees of opaque white frosting on the leading edge of the cerata, ranging from virtually none on the smaller individuals to obvious on the largest individual. On only the largest individual, the opaque frosting extended into the head.
on inat this form has been ID as C rickettsi, per Terry Gosliner it is a different species
species 1 from the 2022 guide?
Apata cf pricei (Behrens et al 2022)???
“Body is translucent gray-white with a white opaque line running from the tip of the tail part way up the sides of the dorsum. The white tipped cerata have a reddish or brownish red core and may have a greenish cast, and form up to 10 comb shaped rows. Rhinophores are perfoliate and frosted white along most of their length, and oral tentacles have a white line on their dorsal surface”
opaque frosting on the rhinophores appears to be on the top only
Undescribed species, please leave at genus. Sequence shows the nudibranch approaching and consuming an Ectopleura sp. polyp.
Glowing like the sun and surprisingly large.
Biggest I've ever seen: almost two inches long
such interesting texture
I'd love some help narrowing down this little sweet pea. It was tiny -- less than 1cm.
Super weird one, 5-6mm long, found on red algae. Orange flecks are throwing me off..
-1.6 ft low tide
not sure how to differentiate granulose from jeweled, could someone explain?
Found by me. Woohoo!
First one.
Just a wee little one on a kelp blade. Thought it was a flatworm at first.
ID suggested by Greg Jensen. I assumed it was L. Leucomanus but based on the extension of black on the merus of the claw, and the the general claw structure, I believe frontalis is the correct ID. Tiny crab flipped under a rock, and was found crawling on the underside of the rock when exposed. Lifer regardless of species. If I’m not mistaken this is the first case of this species on iNaturalist
Oral tentacles
Doriopsilla davebehrensi was located on top of a reef at a depth of 10 feet. The size of the animal was approximately 2 cm. The temperature was not recorded.
Low tide -.89 rocky intertidal.