Carry Crab with Nudibranch
Ethusa sp & Glossodoris hikuerensis
I’ve seen many strange things, weird behaviour and odd critters while in Lembeh, but this is one of the most bizarre sights I’ve had the pleasure of witnessing… Now...
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Bullock’s Hypselodoris with Goby
Hypselodoris bullocki
Nudibranchs, as many of you know, do not always have the easiest of names to remember, There are so many of them and they tend to be called things...
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Bumpy Dendrodoris with Emperor Shrimp
Dendrodoris tuberculosa
This week we were diving at Jahir 2, one of our great muck sites. It the midst of the expanse of black featureless sand Jenly, our trainee dive guide,...
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Phyllodesmium poindimiei
Strange Insides
This is a Phyllodesmium poindimiei . I found it around 20m deep, moving along the sand. What made is really stand out was what I saw as I started...
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Brown-Lined Paperbubble
Hydatina physis
This has to be one of the most beautiful molluscs we get. It is circumtropical, but this is the first one I’ve seen in Lembeh. It is about 5cm...
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Red Bumpy Gymnodoris eating
Gymnodoris rubropapulosa
Beautiful but deadly!!! These stunning orange nudibranchs harbor an evil secret….they eat other nudibranchs alive!!! While most other nudis munch on algae, hydroids and other such stuff, these ones...
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Green Melibe – Eating
Melibe viridis
These large nudibranchs are carnivorous and have a great way of feeding. They throw their ‘head’, an oval veil, in front of them, and using hairs around the edge,...
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Nudibranches Of Lembeh
Collection 3
Nudibranches, sometimes known by their much less attractive name of ‘Sea Slugs’ are one of the wonders of the underwater realm. Unlike their land-based cousins, these ‘slugs’ are incredibly...
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Marten’s Sidegill Slug
Berthella martensi
This was the first one of these magnificant nudibranchs I have seen. It is really quite big, this one was around 10cm long, which makes it all the more suprising...
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Solar Powered Nudibranch
Phyllodesmium longicirra
Phyllodesmium longicirrum is probably the most spectacular of the aeolids which have evolved a symbiotic relationship with single-celled plants (zooxanthellae). It is exceptionally large, the shot with the two nudis,...
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Nudibranchs
Collection 1
A collection of nudibranchs seen in Lembeh. The body forms of nudibranchs vary enormously, but because they are opisthobranchs, unlike most other gastropods they are bilaterally symmetrical because they have...
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Nudibranchs
Collection 2
A collection of nudibranchs seen in Lembeh. The body forms of nudibranchs vary enormously, but because they are opisthobranchs, unlike most other gastropods they are bilaterally symmetrical because they have...
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Moon-faced Nudibranch
Euselenops luniceps
I came across a strange writhing ball on a night dive this week. On closer inspection it was two Mooon-faced Nudis mating. One was dragging the other around until they...
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Weird Nudibranch
Melibe papillosa
This huge nudibranch only appears at certain times of the year. This one was about 40cm long. When I found it, it was laying eggs and remaining fairly stationary. After...
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Risbecia tryoni
Feeding
The Risbecia tryoni is a well known nudi, as it is often found ‘tailgating’ in pairs, with one very closely following the other. These ones were very unusual as I...
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