Re: Giant nudibranch? off Vancouver Island, Canada
August 5, 2006
From: Leslie Harris
Concerning message #17070:
I'm quite sure from your description that it's a large nereid polychaete. At that size it's almost certain to be Neanthes brandti or N. virens (some taxonomists put them in the genus Nereis). These can reach nearly 3 feet in length. Normally they're bottom dwellers but will swim to both hunt and spawn. The image shows east coast N. virens I purchased in a bait shop in Bodega Bay, California.
Locality: Bodega Bay, California, North Pacific, September 2003, sold in bait shop. Length: 12 inches. Photographer: Leslie Harris.
Cordially,
Leslie Harris
lharris@nhm.org
Harris, L.H., 2006 (Aug 5) Re: Giant nudibranch? off Vancouver Island, Canada. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17330Thanks Leslie,
Bill Rudman
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