Armina californica from Vancouver Island

July 9, 2004
From: David Roberts

On June 6th I found an Armina californica near Shushartie Bay, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

It was laying eggs at about 11am on a bright sunny day in 18m of water. The specimen was clean (devoid of sand on top) sitting on a bottom consisting of shell debris. (Less than a foot away was a second specimen which was partially covered in sand. I took a picture of it also but it is of poor quality.) The local topography consisted of a gently sloping shelly sand grading to shelly mud over about 50m with increasing depth. No seapens where present. Upslope about 15m away there is a rocky reef which rises to the surface and is marked by a navigation beacon (Dillon Rock). An egg mass is present behind the specimen.
David

d.roberts.108a@telus.net

Roberts, D., 2004 (Jul 9) Armina californica from Vancouver Island. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/12674

Thanks David,
Bill Rudman

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