Polycera hedgpethi from California
November 3, 2008
From: Phil Garner
Concerning message #1113:
Polycera hedgpethi has been high on my want-to-find list until last weekend. My fiancee found one while we were diving in Redondo Canyon. After taking numerous photos, I spotted another nearby!
Locality: Redondo Beach, 10 meters, California, USA, Pacific Ocean, 26 October 2008, Sandy canyon. Length: 2 cm. Photographer: Phil Garner.
Phil Garner
PacificCoast101@yahoo.com
Garner, P., 2008 (Nov 3) Polycera hedgpethi from California. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22002Thanks Phil,
This is one of those interesting 'tramp' species which apparently 'hitchhike' their way around the world on shipping and perhaps floating debris. They are of course dependent on supplies of their food bryozoa, which also spreads around the world in the same manner.
Although we don't know where it actually originated, its always nice to get another record from California - the place the species was first described from.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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