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What

Humm's Nudibranch (Polycera hummi)

Observer

kourt_barber

Date

April 6, 2019 10:00 AM EDT

Description

Kingdom: Animalia

Name: Polycera hummi

Description: Small marine sea slug about 8mm in length. Brownish gray body covered in papillae and gills are visible on back of slug. Elongated papillae have blue and yellow bands and rhinophores are translucent grey. Found crawling on its muscular foot across a blade of sea grass.

Habitat: Coastal marine seagrass bed

Reference:Caribbean sea slugs: a field guide to the opistobranch mollusks from the tropical northwestern Atlantic (Valdes et al)

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