Pteraeolidia ianthina nudibranch. Also farms photosynthetic zooxanthellae by eating hydroids. It's thought that they don't need to eat once they farm enough zooxanthellae, which multiplies in the nudi's tissues. (Goabesar, Farondi) |
Perhaps a Godiva quadricolor nudibranch (Goabesar, Farondi) |
Pteraeolidia ianthina nudibranch. Also farms photosynthetic zooxanthellae by eating hydroids. It's thought that they don't need to eat once they farm enough zooxanthellae, which multiplies in the nudi's tissues. (Goabesar, Farondi) |
A polyclad flatworm (Maiazoon orsaki) on a (Xestospongia testudinata) sponge (Goabesar, Farondi) |
Chromodoris elizabethina nudibranch (Goabesar, Farondi)
This was identified as C. annae but I disagree. |
Parasitic flatworms (Waminoa sp.) cover a soft coral (Tempat Buaia, Ef Mo)
I think this is species 3. |
A very rare nudibranch: Miamira sinuata, or the "jolly green giant" (Tempat Buaia, Ef Mo) |
Chromodoris kuniei nudibranch. Was raising mantle margin as it moved. (Tanjung Barat Utara, Jef Pele) |
Phyllidia coelestis nudibranch (Slam Malam, Jef Pele) |
Nembrotha cristata -- all green (Gunun Laut, Jilliet) |
Well, this is some sort of Red-dotted Nembrotha sp. It's unclear from the descriptions on p176-177 of Debelius' book (Gunun Laut, Jilliet) Check Coleman, p.44, definite match. |
Solar-powered nudibranch (Phyllodesmium longicirra). It eats zooxanthellae found in soft corals (like leather corals), which then use photosynthesis to produce nutrients for the slug. (Gunun Laut, Jilliet) |
A flatworm (Pseudoceros lindae) (Gunun Laut, Jilliet) |
A flatworm (Pseudoceros laingensis) mimicks the nudibranch, (Chromodoris aureopurpurea). (Gunun Laut, Jilliet
I think this one looks a lot like the one that spun the threads to capture plankton, from the undersides of the mushroom leather coral. |
This may be a color morph of the rare Miamira group within the species (Ceratosoma sinuata) a nudibranch. (Ikan Muda, Gamfi Street)
See "Sea slug Forum", Avoidance Behavior photo by Mary Jane Adams and one by Bruce Potter in the Solomon Islands. |
Thecacera picta nudibranch (Batu Burung, Jef Fam) |
Thecacera picta nudibranch (Batu Burung, Jef Fam) |
Parasitic flatworms (Waminoa sp.) on a bubble coral (Plerogyra sinuosa) (Dinding Selatan, Sel Pelee) |
A Tambja morosa nudibranch (blue/black) another Tambja (Tambja oliveria) nudibranch (Dinding Selatan, Sel Pelee) |
Three Glossodoris atromarginata nudibranches (Tempat Lego, Wajag) |
Two Thecacera picta nudibranches (Jamur Tengah, Wajag) |
A Roboastra luteolineata nudibranch EATS a Tambja morosa nudibranch (Dinding Selatan, Sel Pelee)
The Sea Slug Forum says the carnivore that hunts and eats Tambja nudis is (Roboastra luteolineata).
See photos by Scott Johnson and the Armstrongs re Roboastra luteolineata feeding. |
A carnivorous (Roboastra luteolineata) nudibranch, goes after a Tambja morosa nudibranch (Dinding Selatan, Sel Pelee) |
An undescribed nudibranch (Dinding Selatan, Sel Pelee) |
Elysia ornata sea slug (Tempat Mandarin, Wafak) |
Two flatworms (Maiazoon orsaki) battle it out -- they're either fighting or mating. In the case of flatworms, mating becomes fighting. It takes more energy to make eggs, so the flatworm tries to impregnate the other without being impregnated itself. This results in penis-fencing . The organism in question seems to have two penises, which is possible in some species of flatworms.(Tempat Mandarin, Wafak) |
An extremely small nudibranch (Tempat Mandarin, Wafak)
Sorry. I suspect those good eyes of yours are better than all others. |
Red-gilled Nembrotha (Nembrotha rutilans) pair mating. Nudibranches have their sex organs on their right side and are hermaphrodites. (New Reef) |
Thecacera picta nudibranch (New Reef) |
This is a serpent Pteraeolid (Pteraeolidia ianthina), laying eggs. (Cape Kri)
See the Sea Slug Forum photo by Rainer Mau. |
Chromodoris coi nudibranch, with strange orange things poking up near its gills. Raises and lowers mantle margin when it moves. (Cape Kri)
I'll bet those things are parasites but I can't make out any details as you would if they were arthropods. |
Bright, yellow and black (Eurylepta sp.) flatworm mimicks the nudibranch, (Phyllidia polkadotsa). (Cape Kri) |
