Sea slug or something else?

August 15, 1998
From: Sandi

I was walking on Morro beach with my step mom when we saw a strange brainlike thing. she nuged it with her foot and it rolled in the water oozing purple goo. We stared at it for a couple of minutes and it moved on it's own making us think it was an animal. Then it had something that looked like antennas and I thought it looked like a slug or maybe a sea slug. We put it in the tidepoles not nowing whaat to do since it looked beached. We ussed her shirt thinking itt might be a type of jelly fish and might be venemous. I looked on my step grandpas web tv and found that it might be a nudibranch or a species called anisodoris. It also was very light, a dark red or maroonish color and looked somewhat like a brain. Can somebody help me with what it is and where it lives?

Sandi.

quesoboy@earthlink.net

Dear Sandie, I guess the Morro Beach you are talking of is in California? If so I am afraid I am not the best person to ask about animals from your part of the world. I can make some guesses though. If your animal began "oozing purple goo" then perhaps it was a Sea Hare which are a sea slugs which squirt out reddish-purple ink when disturbed. Also have a look at the other items about Sea Hares which are listed on the GENERAL TOPICS page.

Do you think it was a Sea Hare? If it doesn't seem to have been one I think you should get in touch with your local Museum where someone with more local knowledge should be able to help you. Could you let us know what you discover .. Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 1998 (Aug 15). Comment on Sea slug or something else? by Sandi. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/210

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