Phidiana hiltoni north of Monterey, CA
August 24, 2005
From: Ken-ichi Ueda
This may be sort of nit-picky, but your species account for Phidiana hiltoni lists its range as extending only as far north as Monterey Bay, while Behrens' 2004 supplement to Pacific Coast Nudibranchs lists the northern-most extent as Duxbury Reef in Bolinas, CA, which is a bit north of San Francisco. Just thought I'd report that P. hiltoni is alive and well at Duxbury, where I observed several large (~4 cm) adults on 8.20 August 2005.
Locality: Duxbury Reef, Bolinas, California, USA. Length: ~4 cm. 20 August 2005. Rocky intertidal. Photographer: Ken-ichi Ueda
Ken-ichi Ueda
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Ueda, K.M., 2005 (Aug 24) Phidiana hiltoni north of Monterey, CA. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/14623Dear Ken-ichi,
I guess it is a bit nit-picky, but you're allowed to be. I am never sure whether to be general or more detailed with distributions, as animal distribution records often tell us as much about the distribution of biologists as they do about the geographical range of a species. Perhaps I should just say central California?
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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