Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California
Compiled & photographed by Gary McDonald, Long Marine Laboratory, University of California, Santa Cruz
Asilomar, Monterey Co., CA; 4 June 2008; 9mm total length.
Description: Ground color translucent greyish-white to cream. A light orange blotch covers front of head, extending onto rhinophores and oral tentacles. An opaque white line occurs dorso-medially on tail. Cerata encrusted with opaque white flecks distally, and a line of orange occurs longitudinally on lateral edge of each ceras; cores usually brownish, rarely green. Oral tentacles light orange to red on proximal third, and encrusted with opaque white on distal two thirds. Rhinophores smooth, light orange to red on proximal fourth,and encrusted with opaque white on distal three fourths. Anterior foot corners rounded.
Size: Typically about 10mm in length.
Asilomar, Monterey Co., CA; 4 June 2008; 9mm total length.
Asilomar, Monterey Co., CA; 12 Nov 2008; 9mm total length.
Asilomar, Monterey Co., CA; 27 Apr 2009; 12mm total length.
Asilomar, Monterey Co., CA; 27 Apr 2009; 12mm total length.
Asilomar, Monterey Co., CA; 24 July 2009; 8mm total length.