Alabaster Nudibranch, white-lined dirona, Dirona albolineata, Vancouver Island
Spanish shawl nudibranch
Orange Peel Nudibranch, Tochuina gigantea, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island
Red Nudibranch, Dendronotus rufus, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island
Dendronotus iris swimming nudibranch, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island
Spanish shawl nudibranch
Spotted Leopard Dorid, Diaulula odonoghuei, Vancouver Island
Hooded Nudibranch Melibe leonina on kelp and rocky reef, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, Canada
Clown Nudibranch, Triopha catalinae, Browning Passage, Vancouver Island
Clown Nudibranch, Triopha catalinae, Browning Passage, Vancouver Island
Hooded Nudibranch Melibe leonina swimming in mid water column, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, Canada
Yellow-marginate nudibranch, Cadlina luteomarginata, Monterey Peninsula, California
Opalescent nudibranch, Hermissenda crassicornis, Monterey Peninsula, California. Nudibranch on calcareous coralline algae.
Nudibranch, Phyllidiella annulata, Fiji
Clown Nudibranch, Triopha catalinae, Browning Passage, Vancouver Island
Sea Lemon, Anisodoris nobilis, Vancouver Island
Nudibranch.
Flabellina iodinea, Catalina Island, California, Spanish shawl nudibranch.
Dendronotus albus, San Miguel Island, California.
Mexichromis porterae, San Miguel Island, California.
The sea butterfly (Carolla calceola) is also known as a pteropod (wing foot). It is a truly planktonic opisthobranch that, since it is a bit negatively bouyant, must swim with its single pair of wings. Open ocean, California/Mexico.
Flabellina iodinea, Spanish shawl nudibranch, Santa Cruz Island, California.
Nudibranch egg mass, Monterey, California.
Nudibranch egg mass, Monterey, California.
Nudibranch egg mass, San Clemente Island, California.
Triopha catalinae, Clown nudibranch, San Miguel Island, California.
Tambja eliora, San Benito Islands, Mexico.
Aeolid nudibranch, San Miguel Island, California.
California sea cucumber, Parastichopus californicus. Sea cucumbers are related to sea stars and sea urchins. The sharp looking spines are soft to the touch and disappear into the skin when disturbed. If this visual defense doesnt work, the sea cucumber will expel its respiratory system. When this occurs in the wild it can regrow the lost organs.