Description ⁵

The white-bordered gray or salmon-colored cerata and the white line running down the tail are unmistakable. While they are present all the way from Alaska to San Diego, they are considerably more common in the intertidal north of Bodega Bay.

Habitat ⁶

Depth Range: Intertidal to 37 m.

Habitat: Usually on rocks, occasionally on mud

Distribution ⁷

Kachemak Bay, Alaska to San Diego, CA; Japan, East Russia

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Robin Agarwal (ANudibranchMom on iNaturalist), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/30314434@N06/19249421113/
2. (c) Dan Hershman, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/hershman/529072155/
3. (c) 2002 California Academy of Sciences, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://calphotos.berkeley.edu/imgs/512x768/1335_3153/0673/0021.jpeg
4. (c) Robin Agarwal (ANudibranchMom on iNaturalist), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/30314434@N06/19683723199/
5. (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
6. (c) Rosario Beach Marine Laboratory, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/10455276
7. (c) Rosario Beach Marine Laboratory, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/10455277

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• CalPhotos
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SeaLifeBase
• World Register of Marine Species
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