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Shag-rug Nudibranch

Aeolidia papillosa

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) mckittre, some rights reserved (CC BY)

28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 100, February 74, March 116, April 182, May 263, June 286, July 306, August 263, September 193, October 144, November 79, December 62.
United States2,790
Alaska2,069
Canada562
Maine304
Washington251
British Columbia171
Norway170
Viken158
Nova Scotia141
Quebec118

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassGastropods · Gastropoda
OrderNudibranchs · Nudibranchia
FamilyAeolidiidae
GenusAeolidia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Shag-rug Nudibranch with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.