Nudibranch Lovers

[Steve_C]

It is hard to find nudis off NC and usually when we find one it is this one though I have seen 4 others. But this is the largest one I have ever seen in NC. Probably a good 3 inches maybe more. Wreck of the Gill. 23 miles offshore. 80 fsw.

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

Discodois Evelinae a new for me.

Chromodoris Binza or Chromodoris Clenchi

 

[WetLens]

Florida Regal Sea Goddess, Felimare Picta
Taken on the artificial wreck, Hyde, off Wrightsville Beach NC

 

[Steve_C]

Interesting the pattern difference. The ones I have seen before were more like yours. The one I saw this time seemed to have thicker gold areas. They have been on the Hyde for several years. Both in the sand and on the ship. Patrick saw a regal orgy a few years ago in the sand next to the Hyde. A whole pile of them.

 

[Searcaigh]

Dived under a jetty today, in fact the office of Emirates Marine Environmental Group where my daughter worked until recently. She dived there last week and found over 100 nudis all the same species Hypselodoris infucata.

I spent 105 minutes and only found around 50-60, most were in the 5-10mm size range, but only the one species which appears to feed on the same type of sponge, a sort of light blue / grey colour

There were a few on the sand too,





Planning to go back for a night dive at some point, hopefully find some other species.

 

[onetrekkie@hotmail.co]

Here is a Spanish Shawl at Redondo Beach, California.

 

[Luko]

North Sulawesi (Bangka, Lembeh) two months ago and some interesting sightings.

Lovely Marionia sp. in Lembeh :



Phyllodesmium Crypticum in Lembeh, 10m away from the Marionia, -also had 2 blue ring octopus and a Phyllodesmium Magnum, was a great dive indeed!- :



Cannibal nudi Gymnodoris Rubropapulosa swallowing a Ceratosoma Gracilimum nudi gills, 5 times its size, while an emperor shrimp was running frantically on the bigger nudi :


Kaloplocamus Acutus nudi in Lembeh, not more than 1cm :



Even smaller, maybe 3mm - I couldn't just figure what the guide was pointing- a Hermaea sp. nudibranch, thanks to my Aquako lens. and this is a 50% crop from the original pic. :



Nembrotha Yonowae seems like enjoying a dancing show of an arthropod on a ball tunicate :



Emperor shrimp riding a Ceratosoma Tenue nudi :



Quite common but I liked the image, an Hypselodoris Apolegma nudi in Bangka :



Hypselodoris maculosa on a leaf in Bangka :

 

[MaxBottomtime]

One of the more common nudibranchs in southern California, Hermissenda crassicornis has been missing in action for the past year or so. They are back in incredible numbers right now. Every reef we dived this past weekend was covered with them.

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

Looks like they are making babies too..
nice shots all..

 

[Steve_C]

Another one from the Hyde. May be new to NC. Robostra gratiosa