Sea Mouse from Lancashire?
May 28, 2003
From: David Hulston
Hello sea slug people
Just got in from trip to Lancashire, England coastline where my daughter and I saw the wierdest of things, can you i.d for us? it was slug like, about 6 inches long but very broad and flanked with rich copper coloured coarse hair. it's underside was lined with 2 rows of sucker like feet a very beautiful but strange creature i have never seen in all my years walking on the coast of England.
Look forward to your reply
David Hulston
dhulston41@hotmail.com
Hulston, D., 2003 (May 28) Sea Mouse from Lancashire?. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10062Dear David,
Sounds like a 'Sea Mouse' which, despite its common name, is a very specialised marine worm. Have a look at the Clinton Bauder's photo of an animal from California which looks quite similar to the European species. Definitely not a slug. Let me know if I'm wrong and I'll have another think
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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