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Ok back from Tawali, Millne Bay in Papua New Guinea, lots of nudis on the black sand bottom, a special tribute to the one nudibranch that was probably the highest on my bucketlist, the exquisite Cyerce Nigra.

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Also some photos of the very colorful Miamira Sinuata

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I found several Aegires albopunctatus (salt and pepper nudibranch) on the pipe leading to the metridium fields in Monterey. I've not seen them in Monterey before - don't know if I wasn't looking hard enough (although they stood out quite clearly), or if they are seasonal, or shy, or something else. They were very small - less than 1 cm long - and seemed to want to burrow into the algae/debris as soon as I started taking pics.
I'm also trying (and failing) to ID that juvenile sea star - there's quite a lot of them about now, which is a very good sign.
 
Not been posting much on this part of the forum for a few months.

Since I returned from my tech trip in Sri Lanka at the beginning of May the water has warmed up here in UAE and we have found a new nudi site that is being very productive with lots of species in a very small area.

This one I found waiting in minutes on my second dive yesterday, I think it's a Favorinus sp.

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Small Gymnodoris also crawling around

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As well as larger ones

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There are also the usual Hypselodoris subjects common to UAE east coast (kanga mating carnae observing lol).

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Large 10cm Dendrodoris denisoni gorging on hydroids

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Lots of Caloria indica

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and surprisingly Thecacera pacifica

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Careful searching produced many Kabeiro rubroreticulata

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As well as other small stuff

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I think we have something comparable to Anilao on our doorstep :D
 
We've had a pretty bad year conditions wise in Southern California. I did manage to get some good shots of our regulars.
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Cuthona nana, formerly Cuthona divae

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Thordisa rubescens

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Okenia rosacea

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Flabellina trilineata laying eggs

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Nearly microscopic Doto amyra

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Polycera tricolor

 
@MaxBottomtime, what setup are you using to get those stunning pictures??
 
Nikon D3x, 105mm, 60mm with 1.4 teleconverter and Ikelike strobes.
I had a Nikon D700 until I saw Cathy Church selling her D3x camera, Subal housing, strobes and lots of ports and extensions on Ebay. The retail was around $13,000 for everything but she was asking $4400. I was amazed when the auction ended with no bids. She relisted it a month later and I couldn't resist.
I planned to sell my D700 setup to recoup the cost of Cathy's rig but Merry wanted to keep it as a backup to her D700. I eventually sold the strobes, ports, extensions and a few extras making the actual cost at $3,000. Not a bad deal. :)
 
Not at all.
The sharpness and detail in your images is amazing.
 
Another fine day in Monterey: Hermissenda opalescens
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I saw a few individuals climbing things like this, and there were egg masses on a few of those stony tubes (I can't remember what kind of worm-like critter lives in those). But I haven't found any reference to them laying eggs like this. Maybe it was eating something I couldn't see.

Acanthodoris brunnea. I've read that they feed on bryozoans, but I have only seen them on these moonsnail egg collars (although I've only seen this species twice)
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And a Hermissenda meeting an Aeolidia loui (I think, but it looks a little different to the one I posted before). I was half-expecting to witness some nudi-on-nudi violence, but although the Hermissenda made tentacle contact, it just turned away.
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Good times just floating and watching nudibranch behavior.
 

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