Onchidoris bilamellata (Linnaeus, 1767)
19 August, 2001.
Rubh Na Crannaig off the island of Eigg in the Inner Hebrides on the west
coast.
Water temperature 13 deg C. From 15 to 24 metres there were thousands of
these small Dorids breeding and spawning on rock surfaces over a distance
of 200 metres. How many more there must have been in the vicinity?
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