Lots of Sea Slugs - Florida
March 23, 2006
From: Jonathan Lucco
While at the beach today with the family I saw well over 30 Sea Slugs in about 20 minutes. There was a large dredge just off shore and the sea slugs where going out with the tide. The tide just ebbed and was going out hard
I was a charter capt for many years and spend a lot of time on the ocean but only one before today.
What are their predators and what do they eat?
Locality: Boca Raton, Florida, 19, March 2006, out going tide, dredged offshore. Length: various
Jonathan Lucco
muraleye@bellsouth.net
Lucco, J., 2006 (Mar 23) Lots of Sea Slugs - Florida. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16138Dear Jon,
Sounds like you found some Sea Hares. From the recent messages we have from Florida its most likely the animal you saw was Aplysia morio. If you look at recent message attached below yours on this page you will see some photos and further information
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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