Key Largo Nudi

[Steve_C]

Saw this very small nudi, 1 inch or so, out of Key largo. All my nudi books focus on the west coast. Anybody know what kind it is? Also the name of a good east coast/carribean nudi book?

Thanks

 

[Quero]

Hypselodoris olgae

 

[Steve_C]

Hypselodoris olgae

Thanks. So did you just know this one or is there a good reference for looking at?

 

[Quero]

I recognized it as a hypselodoris, and then I looked in the Sea Slug Forum and searched for Caribbean. It popped right up.
http://www.seaslugforum.net/showall/hypsolga

 

[Steve_C]

Thanks

I know of sea slug forum but not knowing the type it falls into makes it harder to find. This was only the second type of sea slug/nudi I had seen in the keys as a casual looker.

I have not seen many types of sea slugs off NC. Not looking seriously but try to keep an eye out. We see the dark navy with yellow stripes fairly often. I have also seen warty sea slugs in both the blue and brown versions. Deeper and further north then warty's are supposed to be.

 

[Quero]

You could try this book:
Caribbean Sea Slugs: Angel Valdes, Jeff Hammon, David Behrens, Anne Dupont: 9780970057426: Amazon.com: Books

Then you just flip through the pictures until you find the right shape/gill type/rhinophore type. From there you've got a genus, like Hypselodoris and you can go online to search and get this:
Hypselodoris Key Largo
And presto! There it is, multiple times!