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Heath's Dorid
Geitodoris heathi
Geitodoris heathi, common name "Heath's dorid", is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dorididae.
From the article Geitodoris heathi on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
This nudibranch grows to be about 45 mm, or almost 2 inches in length. It can be white, yellow, or even a sort of pinkish color. It often sports small dark speckles that may appear as large brown patches to the naked eye. These dark speckles also often cause their gills to appear as a dusty colour, as well.
Range & habitat
This species of dorid nudibranch lives in the eastern Pacific, from Alaska to Baja California.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47505.