Photo 769, (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Ken-ichi Ueda

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What

Steinberg's Corambe (Corambe steinbergae)

Observer

kueda

Date

September 20, 2008 11:40 PM PDT

Description

The current name for this is Corambe steinbergae, but it looks like our name providers don't know that yet. This was a really cool find for me. This is one of two very cryptic nudibranch that mimic the appearance of their food, the bryozoan Membranipora, which grows on kelp. This little guy was 8 mm tops, so I could hardly even tell it was a slug until I looked at the picture.

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Ken-ichi Ueda