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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Cadlina modesta MacFarland, 1966 | |
Modest Cadlina | |
Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Nudibranchia: Doridina: Eudoridoidea: Chromodorididae | |
Geographic Range: Pt. Lena, Alaska, to Isla Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico. | Synonyms: |
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Carmel Pt., Monterey Co., CA; 22 Dec 2007; 14mm total length. |
Description: Ground color cream to light yellow, occasionally tinted with orange or pink. A series of 16-20 or more small, lemon yellow dots occurs longitudinally on either side of dorsum, extending anterior of rhinophores and posterior of branchial plumes. Rhinophores cream to light yellow, with 10-12 lamellae. Branchial plumes 10-12, unipinnate, cream to light yellow. Can be distinguished from the similar Cadlina flavomaculata which has brown to almost black rhinophores, and 6-10 or more lemon yellow dots longitudinally on either side of the dorsum, which usually do not extend anterior of rhinophores; and from the rarer Cadlina sparsa which has dark spots with yellow centers longitudinally on either side of the dorsum. |
Carmel Pt., Monterey Co., CA; 22 Dec 2007; 14mm total length. |
Pigeon Pt., San Mateo Co., CA; 23 Dec 2007; 16mm total length. |
Carmel Pt., Monterey Co., CA; 10 Apr 2008; 11mm total length. |
Scott Cr., Santa Cruz Co., CA; 9 May 2008; 19mm total length. |
Scott Creek, Santa Cruz Co., CA; 10 Dec 2008; 27mm total length. |
Scott Creek, Santa Cruz Co., CA; 10 Dec 2008; 27mm total length. |
Scott Creek, Santa Cruz Co., CA; 10 Dec 2008; 26mm total length. |
Scott Creek, Santa Cruz Co., CA; 10 Dec 2008; 26mm total length. |
Scott Cr., Santa Cruz Co., CA; 26 Apr 2009; 24mm total length. |
Sand Dollar Beach, Monterey Co., CA; 27 May 2009; 18mm total length. |
Carmel Pt., Monterey Co., CA; 22 Dec 2007; 14mm total length. Close-up of rhinophore. |