Author: Hardy, 1987
FBname: Mottled twister
Comments: Adults are found predominantly in tide pools and upper subtidal areas.  Are solitary.  They feed mainly on amphipods, isopods, polychaetes, and small gastropods.  Males may defend small breeding territories during the breeding season (Ref 13227).  Eggs are hemispherical and covered with numerous sticky threads that anchor them in the algae on the nesting sites (Ref. 240).  Larvae are planktonic which occur primarily in shallow, nearshore waters (Ref. 94114).