sea slug

Hi Scubaboard, If you like photographing sea slugs, have a look at this photo webinar which we're hosting in a few weeks' time, ticket sales have just opened: Photographing Nudibranchs with Steve Coutts Munoz You may/may not have heard about our guest speaker Steve (Coutts) Munoz, because he...

1.Sea Slugs in Hong Kong During my diving in Hong Kong, I found more than 90 different kinds of sea slugs. The below video has about 37 different species. 2.Blennies in Hong Kong I found a lot of Blennies. There are 9 different types of blennies in the following video. The happiest thing is...

Nudibranchs, like terrestrial slugs, move at a slow speed, which is limited by the anatomy of the gastropod foot and by the trade-off between the benefits of moving fast and the cost of speed. The slow speed fits their anatomy and their niche; still for the human vistal system, evolved for...

Maeda et al. just published an excellent paper on the changes in the genomes of kleptoplastic (chloroplast-stealing) sea slugs ("Shawn the Sheep"; "Solar powered slugs"). I wrote a brief popular science explanation of their results. The main question was: Did they slugs acquire photosynthetic...

Since my plans for exploring SE Asia were completely obliterated, I've been spending my days on the couch reading and writing papers. It was becoming a bit too dull so I've decided to try something different for a while. I've always liked drawing and while I'm very far from excelling at it, I...

Hello all! I put two short but (I think) rather curious videos online, both shot in the last few weeks in the Philippines. Enjoy: This blenny decided that wanted to have a place to hide, and in the sandy/mucky area we were at, the space below my dive computer was the best it could get. I...

3 days to World Watercolour Month! I've decided to do 31 tiny paintings, one for each day of July and picked Sea Slugs/ Nudibranchs as my subject. I've got a couple of original photos to use as reference for a few days but id really love some help! If you've got a unique and stunning Nudi...

I got some nice macro footage of Nembrotha chamberlaini nudibranchs mating at Red Rock and Twin Rocks in Anilao last year. Nudibranchs have barbed penises to hold them together and the last clips shows the effort and twisting movement required to pull that pair apart. Shot with my Panasonic...