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Photo by CWilson
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Field Notes

Description:

At first I thought it was paper floating in the water but then it started to move on it's own against the current. It is small, it would fit in the palm of my hand, maybe 2 or 3 inches long. It is slow moving.

Habitat:

Salt water, I found it in the water off the dock at Sooke Harbour Resort and Marina.

Notes:

Please, someone tell me what this is. It has been suggested to me that it is a jellyfish? I think not. A Nudi? A Sea Slug? A Sea cucumber? Argh...

Species ID Suggestions

hooded nudibranch

Melibe leonina

Reference Link
Noe and Pili
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Comments (2)
vengefulronin
That thing is gorgeous. You got some fantastic shots of it!
Noe and Pili
Wow! what an amazing creature! we hadn't seen one of these before. This species occurs on the west coast of North America, from Alaska to Baja California. We found a video in this web: http://www.oceanfootage.com/oceans/search?screen=search&savesearch=1&keyword_sorter=cat&cat_keyword_sorter=and&keywords=NZ38b_053&search_rights=ALL
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PublishedAugust 30, 2011

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