Eubranchus rustyus from Channel Ids, California

August 8, 2003
From: Bruce Wight


Dear Bill,
Johanna and I saw lots of great natural behavior on last weekends dive trip out to San Miguel Island [Channel Islands National Park, California - July 2003]. The ocean was flat and calm but the water was a cool 53 degrees F at depth. Here is one of a series of messages showing some images I took during the two day trip.

This is a shot of some tiny (most less than 1/8 inch in length) nudibranchs, that with their eggs, were all over some of the hydroid colonies. There are at least three of them in this image and several clusters of eggs. Dave Behren's has identified them for me as Eubranchus rustyus.

Best wishes,
Bruce Wight

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Wight, B., 2003 (Aug 8) Eubranchus rustyus from Channel Ids, California. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10653

Thanks Bruce,
Another 'new animal' for the Forum
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

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