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Spotting

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...

1 Species ID Suggestions

Noe and Pili
Noe and Pili 12 years ago
hooded nudibranch
Melibe leonina Melibe leonina


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2 Comments

vengefulronin
vengefulronin 12 years ago

That thing is gorgeous. You got some fantastic shots of it!

Noe and Pili
Noe and Pili 12 years ago

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/searc...

CWilson
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CWilson

Sooke, British Columbia, Canada

Spotted on Aug 30, 2011
Submitted on Aug 30, 2011

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