Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California
Compiled & photographed by Gary McDonald, Long Marine Laboratory, University of California, Santa Cruz
Carmel Pt., Monterey Co., CA; 31 July 2007; 6mm total length.
Description: Ground color translucent greyish-white to pale cream. An irregular line of opaque white may occur dorso-medially on tail. Cerata bear encrusting white dots on surface; cores yellow-brown, raw umber, or dark brown medially with a yellow band both proximal and distal of medial brown area, tips white. Oral tentacles translucent greyish-white and encrusted with opaque white on distal portion. Rhinophores smooth, colored as oral tentacles. Anterior foot corners rounded.
Size: Typically about 8mm in length.
Carmel Pt., Monterey Co., CA; 31 July 2007; 6mm total length .
Scott Cr., Santa Cruz Co., CA; 26 Apr 2009; 5mm total length.
Great Tidepool, Pacific Grove, Monterey Co., CA; 26 May 2009; 4mm total length.
Great Tidepool, Pacific Grove, Monterey Co., CA; 26 May 2009; 4mm total length.
Carmel Pt., Monterey Co., CA; 25 May 2009; 7mm total length.
Great Tidepool, Pacific Grove, Monterey Co., CA; 26 May 2009; 5mm total length.