Paraplanocera? A

photos: Damaris Torres-Pulliza, Haleiwa, O`ahu, at night. Depth about 7 m. Length about 15 mm. Sept.25, 2022
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Nothing quite like this appears on the Newman & Cannon CD. The animal is translucent white with an irregular netlike pattern of thin lines composed largely of dots. The long, pointed head tentacles are black. There is a central mound in which the internal organs and possibly eggs are clearly visible. Or, as Cory Pittman suggests, perhaps just the remains of its last meal.

Damaris Torres-Pulliza writes: "It was hard to take photos with all the light seeking night 'bugs' and because the animal quickly disappeared into the ground."

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