The Hooded nudibranch: Melibe leonina

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Laura Verhegge has posted this note about Melibe leonina, seen today in Pedder Bay  on the Pearson College Marine Science website

A multitude of Melibe drift to the Pearson College dock

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Melibe the hooded nudibranch photo by Laura Verhegge

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Melibe leonina photos on Race Rocks Taxonomy by Ryan Murphy

 

(see other images and a video of the movement on her website)

 

 

 

 

Ryan Murphy got these images for the  Race Rocks Taxonomy.

 

 

 

 

 

Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Opisthobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Tritoniodea
Family: Tethydidae
Genus: Melibe
Species: leonina Gould, 1852
Common Name: Hooded Nudibranch