|
| Query: Facelinidae | Result: 6th of 7 | |
(Horned) Opalescent Nudibranch (Hermissenda crassicornis)
| Subject: | (Horned) Opalescent Nudibranch (Hermissenda crassicornis)
| | Poster: | Phoby (phoby@hanafos.com)
| |
| Resolution: 1788x1176
File Size: 295490 Bytes
Date: 2005:02:14 00:31:20
Upload Date: 2005:02:14 00:33:17
|
ERROR : Server Busy(-1105)
ERROR : Server Busy(-1105)
(Horned) Opalescent Nudibranch (Hermissenda crassicornis)
Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Hermissenda, Hermissenda crassicornis, also known as the Opalescent Sea Slug, is found in a variety of habitats including mud flats, rocky shores and wharf pilings. Its body is up to 80 mm long. Its dorsal surface has a single orange stripe and bright "electric blue lines, but otherwise is variable in color. Kodiak to Baja California.
Image ID: nerr0805, NOAA National Estuarine Research Reserve Collection
Location: North Puget Sound, Anacortes, Washington
Photo Source:
The NOAA Photo Library http://www.photolib.noaa.gov
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Adminstration (NOAA) http://www.noaa.gov/
|
Comments |
| | Guest |
|
| Hermissenda crassicornis is a species of brightly coloured, sea slug or nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae. Common names: Opalescent nudibranch, Opalescent sea slug, hermissenda. |
^o^
Animal Pictures Archive for smart phones
^o^
|
|
|