I cought a sea hare

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I picked up this thing the other evening on the beach in Destin FL .
I just wondered what it might be it has awesome fuzzy camouflag .sorry the pic is lousy.
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Did you have a current recreational saltwater license? If not, collection of these inverts is illegal in Florida.
 
Yes I did , but more for the fishing I was doing. I wasn't there to collect , just stumbled upon them.
I'm certain now they are shaggy/ragged sea hare's and I found one other nudi that swims around like its flapping wings very cool creatures to watch.
Here is the shaggy in another pic , the color is funny looking because of the red bucket it was in.
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Very cool sea hare.

However, sea hares and nudibranchs are not the same thing. The belong to the same Order- Opisthobranchia, but different sub-orders.

Cool animals nonetheless.
 
Good thing you had a fishing license or you would be a horrible person for taking that beautiful creature out of its natural environment.

Just kidding dude. When I was younger I found like 200 of them in what was basically a puddle 50 yards from the ocean. They probably woul have dried up in the sun before high tide. Instead I loaded them up in a bucket and they became the inhabitants of the moat for the sand castle I built that day. I was maybe 10
 
J65LOVE14;901870 wrote: How much was the license?

All that is required is a sw sport fishing license.
I had a 7 day non resident license I think it was 30$ or they do a 3 day for half.
A resident license is only 15-20 for the year I recall from living there as a teenager .




JDavid;901880 wrote: Good thing you had a fishing license or you would be a horrible person for taking that beautiful creature out of its natural environment.

Just kidding dude. When I was younger I found like 200 of them in what was basically a puddle 50 yards from the ocean. They probably woul have dried up in the sun before high tide. Instead I loaded them up in a bucket and they became the inhabitants of the moat for the sand castle I built that day. I was maybe 10


That is awesome mote monster castle guards.
I found several the first night , the tropical storm that just cleared up a week ago had everything stirred up , so much algae the emerald coast looked like a glass of tea.
I'm fairly certain they rode the waves in , but when I found them they were nothing more than a jelly blob covered in sand. They couldn't move so I put them back in the water in the bay the next morning.
I found a big nudi as well , it was really cool , it swam by flapping wing like hoods , it looked like a bird under water , but he hitched a ride in to the pwr head a few days ago , the others seem great , iv got 3 of these like the one in the pic but the Luther's are 1/2-3/4 " (tiny) I didn't expect them all to recover and make it this far through quarantine.
I'll probably toss the little ones in tha sump if noone wants them.
Bursatella leachii is the species. And they don't leave a slimy trail everywhere they go so that's a plus.
 
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