Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California Compiled & photographed by Gary McDonald, Long Marine Laboratory, University of California, Santa Cruz |
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Acanthodoris nanaimoensis O'Donoghue, 1921 | |
Wine-plumed Spiny Dorid | |
Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Nudibranchia: Doridina: Anadoridoidea: Onchidorididae | |
Geographic Range: Baranof Island, Alaska, to Santa Barbara, CA. | Synonyms: Acanthodoris columbina |
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Pigeon Pt., San Mateo Co., CA; 5 July 2008; 24mm total length. |
Description: Dorsum greyish-white to dirty brownish-mauve in larger specimens, with numerous large yellow tipped papillae, with yellow band around margin of dorsum. Rhinophores long with about 22-30 lamellae, tipped with deep wine-red to maroon. Branchial plumes 7-9, bipinnate, greyish-white, usually tipped with deep wine-red to maroon. |
Pigeon Pt., San Mateo Co., CA; 5 July 2008; 24mm total length. |
Pigeon Pt., San Mateo Co., CA; 11 Dec 2008; 29mm total length. |
Pigeon Pt., San Mateo Co., CA; 5 July 2008; 20mm total length. |