Re: Sea Mouse from South Australia

November 2, 2007
From: Duncan Gunstone

Concerning message #20284:

Hi Judith and Bill,

Thanks for your messages and great photos -- my wife and I have also spotted a sea mouse, again barely alive, this time in a shallow rock pool on Trigg beach in Perth, WA.

Locality: Perth , 3 inches / 9 centimetres, Western Australia, Trigg Beach, Inian Ocean, 23 October 2007, shallow rock pool with sandy bottom on beach. Length: 6 inches/ 15 cms. Photographer: none - DOH!.

About the size of a man's hand, with ribs underneath, like a woodlouse, and with a hariy top. We're kicking ourselves now for not taking photos -- as everyone we asked has been sceptical of our sanity.

Amazing creatures, and quite rare, so we are well-chuffed to have sighted one!

Duncan Gunstone

duncangunstone@hotmail.com

Gunstone, D., 2007 (Nov 2) Re: Sea Mouse from South Australia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21016

Dear Duncan,
You were lucky the sea mouse was one of the few non-slug animals which has ended up of the Forum. Glad we could be of help

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Nov 2). Comment on Re: Sea Mouse from South Australia by Duncan Gunstone. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21016

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