Comment from the photographer: Elysia hedgpethi was located on the front side of Santa Cruz Island at Fry's Cove and Fern Grotto in early September. Individuals were approximately two mm in length. They were located on Codium fragile, a reported food source. (Behrens and Hermosillo, 2005) In this area Codium was present subtidally at depths between 20 and 40 feet adjacent to semi protected rocky coastline at the mouths of coves.