Ocean Discovery!

Happy Earth (and Sea) Day from Ocean Discovery!

Our featured ocean creature today is the Lined Aeolid (Hermissenda crassicornis), a common nudibranch of the North American Pacific coast. Learn more about Hermissenda and other sea slugs at the Sea Slug Forum www.seaslugforum.net

Our page admin. is back from a hiatus, and sends a salutation to all the nice folks who became fans while she was away.

Researchers and staff at Bodega Marine Laboratory in Sonoma County participated in a beach cleanup in September 2009.

Our featured ocean critter today is the sea slug Haminoea. Species of this common sea slug are native to a wide area of the north American coast. They are herbivores that feed primarily on microscopic algae. These two specimens were photographed under a dissecting scope at Bodega Marine Laboratory to highlight their wonderful patterns.