Polycera hedgpethi from San Diego
February 22, 2006
From: Mike Neubig
Hi Bill,
I noticed your comment to message #1113 "Well we only need messages from South Africa and California and we have most bases covered." Since all subsequent messages were non-Californian, I thought these photos of Polycera hedgpethi from San Diego might help close the gap.
Locality: La Jolla Shores, 16 m, California, USA, Eastern Pacific Ocean, 18 February 2006, sandy bottom. Length: 15 mm. Photographer: Mike Neubig.
Cheers,
Mike
mike.neubig@gmail.com
Neubig, M., 2006 (Feb 22) Polycera hedgpethi from San Diego. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/15905Dear Mike,
Thanks for sending The Forum these great photos. I should have done this a long time ago. Ernst Marcus named this species after marine biologist, and then Director of the Pacific Marine Station, Dillon Beach, California, Dr. Joel Hedgpeth in 1964. The original description was based on specimens from Tomales Bay. Since that time it has been observed throughout the Pacific and in the Atlantic, both tropically and temporally.
Where ever it is found, it is always on the branching bryozoan, Bugula. Maybe Terry Gosliner or Valda Frazer can send us a shot from South Africa.
Best wishes,
Dave Behrens
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