What is this?

lsucajunsBeach LoverDune Allen120 postsJoined Jun 10, '08View profile MessageBeach Lover

Jun 13, '11 · 9:30 PM1,3281

Some kids fishing on the beach caught this the otehr day, and I was wondering if anyone knows what it is. It was alive and moving! strange feeling.
Anyone know???

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LandlockedBeach FanaticAlabama3,216 postsJoined May 16, '05View profile MessageBeach Fanatic

Jun 13, '11 · 10:34 PM#2

Where's Murray? I have been fishing for most of my life and I've never seen anything like that before...

NWFLOANWFLOABeach ComberFort Walton Beach, FL12 postsJoined Jun 4, '11View profile MessageBeach Comber

Jun 14, '11 · 6:39 AM#3

Looks like a sea slug. There are several varieties of this shell-less snail. My friend found one on Okaloosa Island last year. Unusual little critters.

NWFLOANWFLOABeach ComberFort Walton Beach, FL12 postsJoined Jun 4, '11View profile MessageBeach Comber

Jun 14, '11 · 6:47 AM#41

I managed to find this picture of the one she found on Okaloosa Island. It was crawling along the bottom. I'll include the information she found on it: "This is a Sea Hare of the sea slug family. Google "Sea Hare" or "Aplysia fasciata" to find out more. I think it was eating seaweed. 🙂 🙂 🙂"