Photo 1120102, (c) Robin Gwen Agarwal, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Robin Gwen Agarwal

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What

Japanese Sucking Wormpod (Paranthura japonica)

Observer

anudibranchmom

Date

September 17, 2014 11:00 AM PDT

Description

Found two of them, each about 1/2", slightly different coloring. Off a dock, living in filamentous green seaweed. Very shrimplike tails. One of these photos shows them with a Syllidae in my photo box; the clung to it and rode it around but didn't try to eat it. ID as per: http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/izg/SFBay2K/Anthurid%20Isopod.htm

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