Pro test ant ism ▁in ▁the ▁Car ib bean <0x0A> </s> ▁Lim acia ▁m cd on ald i ▁( Mc Donald ' s ▁dor id ) ▁is ▁a ▁species ▁of ▁n ud ib ranch ▁native ▁to ▁the ▁coast ▁of ▁Southern ▁California . ▁It ▁grows ▁up ▁to ▁ 2 6   mm ▁in ▁length ▁and ▁was ▁previously ▁confused ▁with ▁Lim acia ▁co cker elli ▁from ▁which ▁it ▁is ▁easily ▁differenti ated ▁by ▁the ▁row ▁of ▁orange ▁sp ots ▁down ▁the ▁centre ▁of ▁the ▁back . ▁ ▁Description ▁The ▁possibility ▁of ▁Lim acia ▁co cker elli ▁being ▁two ▁or ▁more ▁species ▁was ▁discussed ▁frequently ▁by ▁obser vers ▁before ▁this ▁species ▁was ▁described ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁They ▁were ▁distinguished ▁as ▁the ▁red ▁form ▁and ▁orange ▁form ▁(= ▁L . ▁m cd on ald i ) ▁by ▁the ▁colour ▁of ▁the ▁r hin op hor es ▁and ▁g ills . ▁ ▁Distribution ▁The ▁type ▁local ity ▁for ▁this ▁species ▁is ▁White ' s ▁Point , ▁Pal os ▁Ver des , ▁California . ▁It ▁ranges ▁from ▁Salt ▁Point ▁in ▁Son oma ▁County ▁to ▁Bah ia ▁de ▁los ▁Angeles , ▁B aja ▁California . ▁Its ▁range ▁over laps ▁with ▁Lim acia ▁co cker elli ▁over ▁nearly ▁ 8 5 0   km ▁of ▁the ▁coast ▁of ▁California ▁between ▁San ▁Diego ▁and ▁Salt ▁Point . ▁ ▁From ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁to ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁it ▁became ▁quite ▁common ▁in ▁the ▁Mon ter ey ▁Bay ▁and ▁San ▁Francisco ▁areas ▁coinc iding ▁with ▁elev