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"About 1.5"" long. Thinking juvenile reddish-purple version, however, the rhinophores look kind of like D. venustus (which I have never seen in reddish purple!). Do the 'fronds' get fluffier and more branched as they mature? Finally, the 'dots' (parasite? virus? nudibranch?) - I've seen similar on D. venustus but I do not have enough experience with D. iris to know if all the species in this genus can have them. See: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/faculty/jyasaki/photogallery/slugpics/P6030079.jpg This one was found on a floating dock very near the area where ""herds"" of large/adult D. iris are seen by scuba divers during the early summer months. A boat owner told me she'd seen five of the more visible white versions 'swim' past her boat a few days ago, each about 2-3"" long. However, I also found a D. venustus in the same general area. Thoughts?"
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"About 1"" long."
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"About 1.5"" long. Thinking juvenile reddish-purple version, however, the rhinophores look kind of like D. venustus (which I have never seen in reddish purple!). Do the 'fronds' get fluffier and more branched as they mature? Finally, the 'dots' (parasite? virus? nudibranch?) - I've seen similar on D. venustus but I do not have enough experience with D. iris to know if all the species in this genus can have them. See: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/faculty/jyasaki/photogallery/slugpics/P6030079.jpg This one was found on a floating dock very near the area where ""herds"" of large/adult D. iris are seen by scuba divers during the early summer months. A boat owner told me she'd seen five of the more visible white versions 'swim' past her boat a few days ago, each about 2-3"" long. However, I also found a D. venustus in the same general area. Thoughts?"
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"About 1.5"" long. Thinking juvenile reddish-purple version, however, the rhinophores look kind of like D. venustus (which I have never seen in reddish purple!). Do the 'fronds' get fluffier and more branched as they mature? Finally, the 'dots' (parasite? virus? nudibranch?) - I've seen similar on D. venustus but I do not have enough experience with D. iris to know if all the species in this genus can have them. See: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/faculty/jyasaki/photogallery/slugpics/P6030079.jpg This one was found on a floating dock very near the area where ""herds"" of large/adult D. iris are seen by scuba divers during the early summer months. A boat owner told me she'd seen five of the more visible white versions 'swim' past her boat a few days ago, each about 2-3"" long. However, I also found a D. venustus in the same general area. Thoughts?"
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"About 1.5"" long. Thinking juvenile reddish-purple version, however, the rhinophores look kind of like D. venustus (which I have never seen in reddish purple!). Do the 'fronds' get fluffier and more branched as they mature? Finally, the 'dots' (parasite? virus? nudibranch?) - I've seen similar on D. venustus but I do not have enough experience with D. iris to know if all the species in this genus can have them. See: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/faculty/jyasaki/photogallery/slugpics/P6030079.jpg This one was found on a floating dock very near the area where ""herds"" of large/adult D. iris are seen by scuba divers during the early summer months. A boat owner told me she'd seen five of the more visible white versions 'swim' past her boat a few days ago, each about 2-3"" long. However, I also found a D. venustus in the same general area. Thoughts?"
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"About 1.5"" long. Thinking juvenile reddish-purple version, however, the rhinophores look kind of like D. venustus (which I have never seen in reddish purple!). Do the 'fronds' get fluffier and more branched as they mature? Finally, the 'dots' (parasite? virus? nudibranch?) - I've seen similar on D. venustus but I do not have enough experience with D. iris to know if all the species in this genus can have them. See: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/faculty/jyasaki/photogallery/slugpics/P6030079.jpg This one was found on a floating dock very near the area where ""herds"" of large/adult D. iris are seen by scuba divers during the early summer months. A boat owner told me she'd seen five of the more visible white versions 'swim' past her boat a few days ago, each about 2-3"" long. However, I also found a D. venustus in the same general area. Thoughts?"
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Branched rhinophores and little yellow dots.
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"Large, about 1.5"". The second photo shows how well this amazing and seemingly improbable nudibranch blends in with the hydroids it eats."
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"Large, about 1.5"". The second photo shows how well this amazing and seemingly improbable nudibranch blends in with the hydroids it eats."
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"Large, about 1.5"". The second photo shows how well this amazing and seemingly improbable nudibranch blends in with the hydroids it eats."
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