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I normally shoot stills, but had set my camera up for video as I had thought we were diving with sea lions that day. I just went with the flow... literally... (it was quite the drift dive over nudibranch land).
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I've been meaning to get back to BC for some diving for a while now, seems like every time I'm there I end up at Whistler.
Here is a shot of a Rainbow Nudibranch laying eggs from Catalina Is. CA. Interesting that the California Dendronotis iris tend to be maroon in color while the northern ones are white? Same species?
Here is a shot of a Rainbow Nudibranch laying eggs from Catalina Is. CA. Interesting that the California Dendronotis iris tend to be maroon in color while the northern ones are white? Same species?
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Just back from a week in Cayman Brac. No nudibranchs, but lots of Lettuce Slugs. Beautiful blue hue in many of them.
These species are repeats, but some new pictures from last weekend.
Golden Dirona:
Giant Nudibranchs -- My strobe was dead at this point, so I used my canister light. I don't remember if this was 2 or 3 different individuals (There were many, but a lot of the pictures didn't turn out), but the subtle differences in colours were pretty noticeable and interesting on individuals in a small area. For example, look for the yellow bands on the second image that aren't present on the other two.
There were egg masses ( http://dive.roko.ca/wp-content/gallery/131110-whytecliff/nudieggs.jpg ) in the area as well.
Golden Dirona:
Giant Nudibranchs -- My strobe was dead at this point, so I used my canister light. I don't remember if this was 2 or 3 different individuals (There were many, but a lot of the pictures didn't turn out), but the subtle differences in colours were pretty noticeable and interesting on individuals in a small area. For example, look for the yellow bands on the second image that aren't present on the other two.
There were egg masses ( http://dive.roko.ca/wp-content/gallery/131110-whytecliff/nudieggs.jpg ) in the area as well.
Tylodina fungina from Palos Verdes this morning.
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Nice Mushroom Sidegill actually feeding on a Sulfur sponge, way cool
Here is a San Diego Dorid on a bed of Brittle Stars with its gills retracted, Anacapa, SoCal
Here is a San Diego Dorid on a bed of Brittle Stars with its gills retracted, Anacapa, SoCal
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Found this guy on Sunday -- Very small, less than 1cm in length. Not 100% sure on the species, there are a few in my book that resemble it, and this is the only angle I got. - The dark gills separate it from the Red Gilled Nudibranchs I've posted before.
It looks like Flabellina trophina.
That moment when you pull the photos up in your editing program only to realize that cool nudi is just a fireworm. 
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