Ningaloo Nudibranch Special

[alcina]

We have a secret dive site 8) There is so much on this site it's crazy.

My dive buddies and I decided, after several dives of being overwhelmed with how many nudis we thought we were seeing, to sit down and do a tally then do a major post with a photo of each....our final tally.....26!! What makes it more amazing (to me) is that on most of the dives I wasn't even looking for nudis and still was astounded at how many I saw!

I haven't put photos from each of us up for each species...for the vast majority of these, at least two of us saw each one, but this is going to be pretty long already!

Hope you enjoy...

Chelidonura amoena

Chromodoris albopunctata

Chromodoris coi

Chromodoris elisabethina

Chromodoris fidelis

Chromodoris westralensis

 

[alcina]

Dendrodoris tuberculosa

Dermatobranchus ornatus

Flabellina bicolour

Glossodoris atromarginata

Gymnodoris alba

Gymnodoris rubropapulosa

Halgerda carlsoni

Hoplodoris estrelyado

 

[alcina]

Hypselodoris bullockii - pink/purple variation

Hypselodoris bullockii - golden/orange variation

Hypselodoris maculosa

Mexichromis marliei

Phyllidia coelestis

Phyllidia elegans

Phyllidia varicosa

Phyllidiella pustulosa

 

[alcina]

Pteraeolidia ianthina

Risbecia tryoni

Thuridilla indopacifica

Unidentified nudi - perhaps Armanid sp

Unidentified nudi - perhaps Glossodoris sp or Noumea sp

 

[Gilligan]

A gold mine indeed.
Excellent collection of shots.

 

[mjh]

Have to say I really like the perspective on the 1st one.

 

[mscrog]

A dazzling display! Make me want to move to Australia or atleast retire there.

 

[jpomerantz]

Wow!!!

 

[TSandM]

Makes me want to head straight back to Australia! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Zeeman]

Whoah! What am I doing living in Sydney?

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