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Polycera atra
Black Dorids

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

ID: 0000 0000 0505 0070 (2005-05-02)

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date of photo between 1980 and 1986

location Monterey Bay (Monterey County, California, US)

family Polyceridae

order Nudibranchia

class Gastropoda

habitat Subtidal

notes This intimate scene shows the two hermaphrodites concluding mutual copulation. The species feeds on bryozoans, shown here with Membranipora.

camera Nikon in Oceanic housing

photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

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common names Orange-spike Polycera (ITIS ) Black Dorids (photographer)

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