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Guide to Invertebrates found below the high tide line on Southern Vancouver Island from Nanaimo County to Alberni-Clayoquot County

Based on Research Grade Species Observations 2020-12-05

Red Dorid 1
Rostanga pulchra
Heath's Dorid 2
Geitodoris heathi
Diaulula lentiginosa 3
Spotted Leopard Dorid 4
Diaulula odonoghuei
San Diego Dorid 5
Diaulula sandiegensis
Sea Lemon 4
Peltodoris nobilis
Monterey Doris 6
Doris montereyensis
Giant White Doris 7
Doris odhneri
Salt-and-pepper Doris 5
Aegires albopunctatus
Hudson's Horned Dorid 6
Acanthodoris hudsoni
Orange-peel Dorid 8
Acanthodoris lutea
Nanaimo Horned Dorid 9
Acanthodoris nanaimoensis
Hairy Spiny Dorid 7
Acanthodoris pilosa
Black-tipped Spiny Dorid 5
Acanthodoris rhodoceras
barnacle nudibranch 10
Onchidoris bilamellata
Fuzzy Onchidoris 11
Onchidoris muricata
Janna's Dorid 11
Knoutsodonta jannae
Adalaria evincta 12
Steinberg's Corambe 13
Corambe steinbergae
Ridge-tailed Dorid 5
Diaphorodoris lirulatocauda
Sea Clown Triopha 9
Triopha catalinae
Triopha modesta 14
Cockerell's Dorid 4
Limacia cockerelli
Three-color Polycera 15
Polycera tricolor
Polycera zosterae 16
Yellow-edged Cadlina 5
Cadlina luteomarginata
Modest Cadlina 5
Cadlina modesta
Aldisa cooperi 7
Red Aldisa 5
Aldisa sanguinea

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