Little Bitty Fellers

[dwashbur]

My daughter found these little guys on some kelp during our surface swim to the Metridium field today. The first is variously known as a hooded nudibranch or lion nudibranch, Melibe leonina, one of the most fascinating nudibranchs out there. This one was about half a finger-length at most.

The second is also a hooded, but he was about half a fingernail length:

Now, these guys. If you can see them in the picture, they're little white guys with black stripes. There's one near the bottom center of the first picture as well, and we have no idea what they are. Anybody know?

 

[rhlee]

Your other slug is Polycera atra. Clinton has some closer-up pics here:

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[dwashbur]

Sweet. I checked it out on the Sea Slug Forum and apparently the light coloring is because of the bryozoan they're eating on that leaf. That's another new nudibranch for us. Thanks!