chalk drawing of an aeolid nudibranch
Hermissenda crassicornis, opalescent nudibranch (rendered in chalk)

All photos in this post taken by me back in 2007!

Dorid nudibranch
Clown nudibranch, Triopha catalinae
Aeolid nudibranch
Janolus fuscus (not an opalescent nudibranch, despite looking kind of similar)
Dorid nudibranch
Diaulula sandiegensis, as best I can tell
Aeolid nudibranch
Flabellina trilineata
Dorid nudibranch
Some kind of sea lemon (there are two local species and I was shooting from about 4 feet away… no idea which one this was)

And some more on Sea Slug Day! It’s Terry Gosliner’s birthday.

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