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We found a dozen of these, up to 75 mm long, and with their egg ribbons, under intertidal cobbles in the outlet of the shallow lagoon backing Playa Pichilingue. The 6th image is of the site, taken in Feb 2020, when I returned and searched for but did not find any C. bramale.

These specimens represent the first record of this Panamic species from the the Sea of Cortez and the Baja California peninsula. It was not recorded by Orso Angulo-Campillo during his four year survey of opisthobranchs from Baja California Sur, including the La Paz area (Vita Malacologia 3: 43-50, 2005).

We documented the occurrence of C. bramale here in Goddard et al. (2018, Proceed. Calif. Acad. Sci. 65: 107-131, p. 112).

west of San Diego divers photographed 2 Scalloped Hammerhead sharks. Attracted by bait and chum for photography 8 foot female pictured

source http://sdexpeditions.com/hammerhead-shark-sightings-san-diego/

Photo Credit Kyle McBurnie

The snake was caught in a fisherman's net and brought to the wharf. Blood came from the snake's mouth. When he was released into the water, he swam fast and looked healthy. Is it possible that the blood is defensive reaction and "Autohaemorrhaging"?

Occurs on eelgrass Zostera and surfgrass Phyllospadix in the shallow subtidal, San Juan Islands, Washington and southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Assuming for now that they are the same species, they are usually green and on seagrasses in WA and BC and reddish on rock or algae in California. This animal was found about five miles from the type locality for M. handi, on the same island.

Looking down from the jetty, a marvelous scene of epic scope! A bajillion soldier crabs moving in groups and waves, with the front of receding water apparently the most prime spot, worth braving the numerous toadfish patrolling the edge and waiting for the right time to lunge forward in the shallows and run away with a crab. Often they wouldn't get the crab-- it was a bit fast for me to see, but looked like the crab would pinch them in the snoot-- and sometimes when they did get a crab the competition from other fish would be so fierce that the crab would get dropped and escape to shore.

Found crawling on mud flats at low tide. Photo five shows defensive response when touched from behind: it flared its cerata and then buried itself. Videos of it cruising, digging, and burrowing here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmJBURnQ