I had seen lots of Sea Lemon eggs, or so I thought, and was vaguely aware that I had seen on at a bioblitz in St.Andrews (hosted at Oceanographic Institute), but when I fumbled the ID of another sea slug earlier this year I decided I didn't have any choice but to remove it from my list. Now, thankfully, it is back!
That definitely exceeds my old expectations. Now I have new expectations.
While patiently waiting for some Flustrellidra hispida to open for a photo I noticed a small critter sliming its way across the surface, and idly thought, "hah - that looks like a tiny sea slug!"
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I didn't think anything more of it until I was trying to nail the ID of a sea lemon (as yet un-nailed). Suddenly I spotted a figure in the Marine Fauna that looked a lot like what I saw yesterday. Sure enough, about 4mm long this tiny slug isn't a baby of any sort - it's the whole thing!
There's a video here
