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Giant Nudibranch (Dendronotus iris)Observer
mbranfireunDescription
Note egg mass laid around base of favourite prey (tube/dwelling anemone).
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Hammerhead Doto (Doto amyra)Observer
alanarama3Description
My first one.
On the same bunch of hydroids as: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/154006402
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Hancockia uncinataObserver
dennisthediverDescription
Nice 126 minute night dive.
Bit fresh.
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Taylor's Seahare (Phyllaplysia taylori)Observer
alanarama3Description
Egg lozenge
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Genus GymnodorisObserver
traceyhowleyDescription
waiting for other id pics from my buddy
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Genus HalgerdaObserver
sylvieomnesDescription
Halgerda sp. of Tahiti . undescribed, known in Windward Islands. with spawn
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Humped Ancula Sea Slug (Ancula gibbosa)Observer
lutea11Description
internal copepod parasite visible
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Genus CumanotusObserver
anudibranchmomPlace
PrivateDescription
Undescribed species. Please leave at genus level for now.
San Diego County, California
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African Coris (Coris cuvieri)Observer
francoislibertDescription
(EN) African Coris - (FR) Girelle africaine
Coris cuvieri old juvenile, Reunion Island
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White-spotted Sea Goddess (Doriopsilla albopunctata)Observer
jeffgoddardDescription
Some of the large Doriopsilla I found at Cave Landing on this date had yellow gills, so I thought there was a good chance they might be the D. davebehrensi being worked on at the time by Craig Hoover and Angel Valdes. However, when they sequenced this and another similar-looking specimen from the same date, and both were determined to be D. albopunctata.
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Threadfin Butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga)Observer
uwkwajDescription
Actually a hybrid Chaetodon auriga x lunula, photographed at the Waikiki Aquarium.
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Bignose Unicornfish (Naso vlamingii)Observer
uwkwajDescription
Asleep at night
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Branched Dendronotid (Dendronotus venustus)Observer
alanarama3Description
A few mm
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Pacific Longnose Parrotfish (Hipposcarus longiceps)Observer
uwkwajDescription
Juvenile
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Steephead Parrotfish (Chlorurus microrhinos)Observer
uwkwajDescription
juvenile
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Genus PhilinopsisObserver
traceyhowleyDescription
separated from speciosa for now
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Genus GoniobranchusObserver
traceyhowleyDescription
separate from daphnie as this mating pair have white gills compared to the usual red ones. There were many other daphnes in the river...noone has any pics with white gills.... and the fact that these 2 found each other seems distinct,
Photo credit to Harvey Braun - My partner in crime and life.
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Red Pencil Urchin (Heterocentrotus mamillatus)Observer
uwkwajDescription
Small juvenile
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Nodular Sea Star (Echinaster callosus)Observer
uwkwajDescription
Very small individual
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Long-spined Crown-of-Thorns (Acanthaster planci)Observer
uwkwajDescription
Juvenile, approximately 10mm diameter.
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Tutufa rubetaObserver
uwkwajDescription
Occupied by Dardanus hermit crab with symbiotic anemones Calliactis polypus and Anthothoe anemones.
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Phyllidiid Nudibranchs (Family Phyllidiidae)Observer
uwkwajDescription
Figured as form of Phyllidia ocellata in NSSI2 but seems to differ in the longitudinal ridges and smooth black spots. Also, other color forms of P. ocellata are much more common. How likely is it that two individuals of a rare color form would locate each other to pair up with instead of getting paired up with one of the common forms? I suspect these animals recognize their own species better than we do.
