jsnorman 6 Posted July 10, 2009 (edited) Saw this at about 15' on a coral reef off Key West, Florida in July. Thought is was a frog fish at first, but on closer inspection it was too big and seemed more like a sea slug. Was at least 10 inches long, maybe 12 inches. Any help appreciated! Picture link (full pixels) here:Unidentified Invertebrate Edited July 10, 2009 by jsnorman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elainew 1 Posted July 10, 2009 (edited) Defo looks like a sea slug. Possibly sea hare though I can't quite make out the fine details in the photo. Someone much more authorative will be along to enlighten us, I'm sure! Edited July 10, 2009 by Elainew Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M.Henke 0 Posted July 10, 2009 Maybe: Aplysia californica - http://www.nudipixel.net/species/aplysia_californica/ Cheers Michael Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
acroporas 0 Posted July 10, 2009 Maybe: Aplysia californica - http://www.nudipixel.net/species/aplysia_californica/ Cheers Michael Close, but not quite. A. californica lives in, well california. Since the photo was taken in Florida, it would have to be A. dactylomela Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jsnorman 6 Posted July 11, 2009 Close, but not quite. A. californica lives in, well california. Since the photo was taken in Florida, it would have to be A. dactylomela Sorry for the bad photo, btw. I was snorkeling with my 7 year old daughter (without my flash rig of course) and could not keep my camera as still as when I am SCUBA diving, so out of the multiple shots I took only this one came out ok. It certainly does appear close to A. dactylomela and I have found several pics online that are really close (especially the black rings that seem to characterize A. dactylomela), but this one was very big, at least 10" maybe more. I read on Sea Slugsite that these can grow up to 16 cm in length but that would only be a little over 6" and this one was much larger. Perhaps I just saw an unusually large one? Can A. dactylomela get to 10"? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fontaine 0 Posted July 13, 2009 Sorry for the bad photo, btw. I was snorkeling with my 7 year old daughter (without my flash rig of course) and could not keep my camera as still as when I am SCUBA diving, so out of the multiple shots I took only this one came out ok. It certainly does appear close to A. dactylomela and I have found several pics online that are really close (especially the black rings that seem to characterize A. dactylomela), but this one was very big, at least 10" maybe more. I read on Sea Slugsite that these can grow up to 16 cm in length but that would only be a little over 6" and this one was much larger. Perhaps I just saw an unusually large one? Can A. dactylomela get to 10"? I saw one of these in the St. Vincent Grenadines and in Bocas Del Toro Panama, they were both about 8 inches in length, so most likely they can get to 10 inches. Fontaine Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Annediver 0 Posted July 15, 2009 Your animal is: Aplysia brasiliana a "Spotted seahare" Page 96 of Caribbean Sea Slugs. (a shameless plug) Anne DuPont Caribbean Sea Slugs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
