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Eureka. Could this be the adult associated with laying all these egg coils?https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/218714497
I observed it for no more than a few minutes. It was about two feet away from three new egg coils. It left no trail as it wandered and circled a small area. It then decided to burrow: simply dipping into the soft sediment and within seconds it vanished without a trace, trail, or detectable hole.
~1-2 inches long, pronounced skirt, traveled quite quickly, lengthy oral tentacles.
My first one.

Was resting on the shoulder of the road amongst some weedy vegetation. Had just emerged from the holes under the rocky boulders of the canyon wall just off to the side of the road. I only saw it because of the shine in the headlights and the head which was lifted up. Didn't bite until near the end of my time photographing it. Three nights in the Chiricahuas, with the first being too wet and the third being not humid enough. The second day, the day I found this snake, was warm and humid with dry ground, the perfect Green Rat weather. I was really hoping to get lucky enough to see one of these beautiful and elusive snakes and was super excited when it actually happened. This is by far one of the coolest creatures I have ever seen in the wild and I am so fortunate to have seen this species in the wild on my second attempt!

@phelsuma4life Ephyra! Thousands if not millions pulsing along next to the docks; diameter about 7-8 mm. @nudibitch
Great new Deep Look video on this process on YouTube: https://youtu.be/y2BYatmFJaI?si=BuZywPb5gqsViV8M Nice job @allisonjgong ! 😍

A congregation of Polycera atra mixed with Polycera hedgpethi was located on their food source, Bugula neritina, amongst detritus on a sandy slope at a depth of 70 feet. The slope is part of a submarine canyon and the detritus is washed down the slope from a pier above. Note the Polycera egg ribbon on the far left and the individual of Doris montereyensis. Water temperature was 53 degrees F.

Pacifia goddardi was located at a depth of 35 feet on reef. Lengths were 1 cm. Water temperature was 56 degrees F.

Nudibranchs are commonly found near their food. In this image there appears to be one type of hydroid. The food source of P. goodardi is reported to be Bougainvillia-like species B (Goddard & Hoover, 2016). The thecae of this species have been observed to be sand encrusted and the hypostomes were salmon-colored. The thecae in the lower left of this image appear to match the description of the food source of P. goddardi, but in the present image the hypostomes of the hydroids appear lighter in color. It is not clear if the hydroids in this image are the food source of P. goddardi. Considering that this species has been found repeatedly at Point Dume during the last 5 years, and that 5 individuals were observed during this survey, Point Dume would be a good site for further attempts to document feeding behavior of P. goddardi.

Goddard, JHR, Hoover, CA. 2016. Distribution, seasonality, and prey specificity of Flabellina goddardi Gosliner, 2010 (Gastropoda: Nudipleura: Aeolidina). Nautilus, 130(4): 146-152.

Flabellinopsis iodinea laying eggs was located at a depth of 35 feet on reef. Length was between 3-4 cm. Water temperature was 56 degrees F.

Note the open gonopore in the lower left part of the image.