So today at Cove 2, while on my safety stop, I saw a critter that looked sorta like the mantle of a stubby squid without the tentacles or eyes, but with really long, flapping wings. It was tiny, about the size of a small lumpsucker.
I'm guessing some sort of nudibranch, (It definitely was not a hooded nudibranch) but I have absolutely no idea what it was.
Mystery critter
Re: Mystery critter
Sounds like a pacific stomach wing, Gastropteron pacificum
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev_dpBJiRyI[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev_dpBJiRyI[/youtube]
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Re: Mystery critter
Did it look like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev_dpBJiRyI
That's the Pacific wingfooted snail, or sea butterfly. Cool creatures.
That's the Pacific wingfooted snail, or sea butterfly. Cool creatures.
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Re: Mystery critter
Maybe this ?
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you beat me to it ![:) :)](./images/smilies/smile.gif)
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Knew I had to be fast to beat the other critter watchers ![:neener: :neener:](./images/smilies/neener.gif)
Nice shots Jan
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Nice shots Jan
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Re: Mystery critter
That is 100% what it was! Looked and moved exactly like that. Cool!
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Re: Mystery critter
Love the description- never thought of it that way, but that's exactly what they look like!fnerg wrote:So today at Cove 2, while on my safety stop, I saw a critter that looked sorta like the mantle of a stubby squid without the tentacles or eyes, but with really long, flapping wings. It was tiny, about the size of a small lumpsucker.
I'm guessing some sort of nudibranch, (It definitely was not a hooded nudibranch) but I have absolutely no idea what it was.