Hermissenda crassicornis; Hermissenda; <small>(shown with Orange cup coral, balanophyllia elegans)</small>

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Hermissenda crassicornis; Hermissenda; (shown with Orange cup coral, balanophyllia elegans)

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Hermissenda crassicornis
Hermissenda
(shown with Orange cup coral, balanophyllia elegans)

Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0305 0459 (2005-03-16)

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date of photo between 1985 and 1990

latitude 36.81856 longitude -121.79270 max error distance 26012 meters View on Google Maps.

horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984

georeferencing source GeoLocate

location Monterey Bay (Monterey County, California, US)

family Facelinidae

order Nudibranchia

class Gastropoda

habitat Subtidal

notes These nudibranch carnivores feed principally on hydroids, anemones and corals and store their prey's nematocysts (stinging cells) in the dorsal processes , useful for defense. Length 35 mm, depth 10 m.

camera Nikon in Oceanic housing

photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

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common names Hermissenda (ITIS ) Hermissenda (photographer)

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