Nudibranch Lovers

[WetLens]

A few photos from Blue Heron Bridge last month:

Orangespot Cratena

Warty Pleurobranch

Purplering Flabellina

Flabellina Dushia

Doto varaderoensis

Unidentified

Western Dondice

Flabellina Verta

Atlantic Black Seahare

 

[chris_the_brit]

Here's one from Monterey, CA last weekend. Papillose aeolid (Aeolidia papillosa) was my initial ID, but I'm not so sure now. It was laying eggs on the underside of a leaf of red seaweed.

Another shot:

Maybe not the prettiest nudibranch out there, but I've never seen it before and it got me excited!

 

[Freewillow]

a little "dirty looking" but nice critter

 

[The Chairman]

Awesome pic @chris_the_brit. Thanks!

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

A few photos from Blue Heron Bridge last month:

Doto varaderoensisView attachment 396457

Dang, that is one tiny nudi.
Missing my bridge. new to me camera should be here soon. Last one flooded, and with work, have not been diving. Dang, I miss it..

 

[MaxBottomtime]

Here's one from Monterey, CA last weekend. Papillose aeolid (Aeolidia papillosa) was my initial ID, but I'm not so sure now. It was laying eggs on the underside of a leaf of red seaweed.
Maybe not the prettiest nudibranch out there, but I've never seen it before and it got me excited!

Great shots. That's one of the many nudibranchs with a new name based on DNA studies. It is now Aeolidia loui.

 

[chris_the_brit]

Thanks. I guess I'll give up trying to remember latin names. According to one of my books, A. ex-papillosa goes by the popular name "Shaggy mouse nudibranch" which just seems right to me. So I'm gonna call it that.

 

[Freewillow]

Thanks. I guess I'll give up trying to remember latin names. According to one of my books, A. ex-papillosa goes by the popular name "Shaggy mouse nudibranch" which just seems right to me. So I'm gonna call it that.

Somehow, pretty wrong. "Latin" names, as you call it are "scientific" names. in fact the ONLY one that caracterizes a species

 

[chris_the_brit]

Somehow, pretty wrong. "Latin" names, as you call it are "scientific" names. in fact the ONLY one that caracterizes a species

Yeah, I know - I'm a scientist while above sea level . But I liked the popular name.
I just read the publication describing A. loui and it's very interesting. The degree of overlap between A. loui and A. papillosa isn't clear yet. A. loui is currently only known to be on the CA coast plus a bit of OR). Until someone finds one further north, I guess.

 

[Freewillow]

I am with you on that, but the problem with "local" names is that.............they can vary from place to place. It is not uncommon, particularly for fishes, that you get several names, depending on the island where the fishes are caught. Moreover is that I dive with English speaking and French speaking people. This just "doubles" the amount of names.