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Collected on Sargassum natans found floating in Vineyard Sound off of Menemsha while collecting squid. Collected specimen and will contribute to collection of Alan Kuzirian for preservation. Note photo show specimen on Sargassum filipendulum, which was enmeshed with the S. natans just visible in background.
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Dorsal..
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Numerous specimens collected in rafts of Sargassum natans. Also observed egg masses looking like intestinal beads.
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I collected some Sargassum fluitans that washed ashore near Port Aransas, Texas, after Hurricane Dolly made landfall at South Padre Island. I brought a bag of Sargassum to the lab and washed it in freshwater to collect any organisms that were on the seaweed. I found a small, dead specimen of the Sargassum Nudibranch, Scyllaea pellagica, about 10 mm long (it grows to about ten times larger). It did not have the orange-brown color of fresh specimens. This nudibranch is associated with Sargassum and floats around the Gulf of Mexico. It occurs worldwide in warm waters. Although it does not have a shell, it is included in the project Texas Seashells.
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I collected some Sargassum fluitans that washed ashore near Port Aransas, Texas, after Hurricane Dolly made landfall at South Padre Island. I brought a bag of Sargassum to the lab and washed it in freshwater to collect any organisms that were on the seaweed. I found a small, dead specimen of the Sargassum Nudibranch, Scyllaea pellagica, about 10 mm long (it grows to about ten times larger). It did not have the orange-brown color of fresh specimens. This nudibranch is associated with Sargassum and floats around the Gulf of Mexico. It occurs worldwide in warm waters. Although it does not have a shell, it is included in the project Texas Seashells.
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I collected some Sargassum fluitans that washed ashore near Port Aransas, Texas, after Hurricane Dolly made landfall at South Padre Island. I brought a bag of Sargassum to the lab and washed it in freshwater to collect any organisms that were on the seaweed. I found a small, dead specimen of the Sargassum Nudibranch, Scyllaea pellagica, about 10 mm long (it grows to about ten times larger). It did not have the orange-brown color of fresh specimens. This nudibranch is associated with Sargassum and floats around the Gulf of Mexico. It occurs worldwide in warm waters. Although it does not have a shell, it is included in the project Texas Seashells.
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Small washed up in surf. Blue spots, white flecks. Like Stylocheilus sp, but lobes look weird
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Small washed up in surf. Blue spots, white flecks. Like Stylocheilus sp, but lobes look weird
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