Spotted Rostanga pulchra from Point Lobos, CA

February 7, 2007
From: Clinton Bauder

Hi Bill,

Was out branching at Point Lobos last week and we found quite a few of the spotted form of Rostanga pulchra. Usually the ones we find in central California don't have the dark spots.

Picture is by my friend Mike Jimenez.

Locality: Point Lobos, 10 meters, California, USA, Pacific, 01 February 2007, Rocky Reef. Length: 10mm. Photographer: Michael Jimenez.

Clinton

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2007 (Feb 7) Spotted Rostanga pulchra from Point Lobos, CA. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19403

Hi Clinton,

I like to call this the salt and pepper form of Rostanga pulchra. Actually I find that specimens with some degree of specking (black or white of the notal surface) are more common that the pure red variant. For some reason I seem to remember the red variant more common feeding on intertidal sponges, and the speckled variants feeding subtidally.

Thanks for the great observation,
Dave Behrens

Behrens, D.W., 2007 (Feb 7). Comment on Spotted Rostanga pulchra from Point Lobos, CA by Clinton Bauder. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19403

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