Finally, it's #SeaSlugDay 2019! *rubs hands together*
A #Thread
From the #FoulingProject in Humboldt, CA, an Onchidoris!
A beautiful Doto nudibranch taken by the talented @bmtracy
The impressively branched cerata of a Dendronotus nudibranch.
Another classic #FoulingProject specimen common to the west coast, Hermissenda!
All dressed up for Halloween is this Janolus nudibranch!
All the way from Marina del Rey (with the cutest butt-gills we've seen so far) Polycera atra!
Coming in at a honkin' 10g in the heavyweight category for big boi nudis is this Trophia visitor. (Seriously this one was pretty big).
Looking like it'll float away at the faintest breeze, a southern california nudibranch who's name I'm not sure of!
(@alisonkestrel any guesses?)
@alisonkestrel At the other end of the spectrum is the tiniest of Eubranchus nudibranchs from the Bering Sea, climbing up what I believe is a hydroid stem.
@alisonkestrel How many is too many Hermissendas? Here's another gorgeous one from our #DvexEradication project in Sitka, AK.
@alisonkestrel Speaking of Alaska, here's a classic nudibranch from the same Sitka project, the orange peel Tochuina tetraquetra!
@alisonkestrel On the other side of the globe in Ecuador was this orange Thecacera nudibranch.
@alisonkestrel Finally, the most recent nudi picture taken by the lab during #OuterCoastSurveys in Monterey this month, another opalescent nudibranch!
@alisonkestrel We are all invertebrate lovers and taxonomists, who only dabble in underwater photography, but photos of our favorite animals help us stay motivated during field work! We love a thread on some of the beautiful tiny marine species.
#invertebratesrule
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