Spanish shawl nudibranch?

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Found this little guy roaming on my zoa rock just now. Thought it was a bristle worm at first but after it moved into the light, it appeared to be a nudibranch of sorts. Can anyone confirm?

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Looks like a Zoanthid eating Nudibranch. Add any new Zoanthids recently.
 
Looks like a Zoanthid eating Nudibranch. Add any new Zoanthids recently.
Yea did just add one. Did a little more digging since the Spanish shawl nudi is from cold water which wouldn’t make sense. Saw is crawling around my zoas yesterday and sucked it right up. I hope it finds happiness in my septic tank
 
Yea did just add one. Did a little more digging since the Spanish shawl nudi is from cold water which wouldn’t make sense. Saw is crawling around my zoas yesterday and sucked it right up. I hope it finds happiness in my septic tank
I recently got to see a massive spanish shawl in some kelp while kayak fishing. Their range extends as far south as Ecuador, so quite a variance in water temps from SLO County where I encountered one. Kind of interesting, I am unaware of any other nudis that look like that.

I looked into their diets because I was going to keep one if I ever saw one again, however they only eat hydroids. Wouldn't have lasted long in your tank if somehow it was a spanish shawl.
 
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