Phidiana hiltoni (sea slug) Phidiana hiltoni. Locality: Estero Bluffs State Park, San Luis Obispo Co., CA.
Description
English: Phidiana hiltoni. Locality: Estero Bluffs State Park, San Luis Obispo Co., CA.
Date 11 December 2008, 16:00:00
Source originally posted to Flickr as Phidiana hiltoni Pugnacious Aeolid http://flickr.com/photos/28867468@N08/4335243032
Author marlin harms http://flickr.com/photos/28867468@N08
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phidiana_hiltoni.jpg
Phidiana hiltoni is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Facelinidae. This species has a rather limited range of distribution, being found from the central California coast to Baja California, Mexico, and it is also found in the Gulf of Mexico. This species can be confused with Hermissenda crassicornis, which is superficially similar in appearance. Order: Nudibranchia, Superfamily: Aeolidioidea, Family: Facelinidae, Genus: Phidiana, Species: Phidiana hiltoni O'Donoghue, 1927.
Synonyms:
Phidiana nigra MacFarland, 1966
Phidiana pugnax Lance, 1962