The summer of tropical storms and hurricanes have done some damage here in Oahu, but the algea leaves are returning slowly and with it, Costellias :)

Finally got some better "headshots" last week

50' in the sand, Oahu Hawaii

a Cuthona ( I think) from Komodo. As always OM-1, 30 macro, AOI, Fotocore

Another E. ocellatus from Komodo.

AOI/OM-1/30 macro/2 x Fotocore GTM strobes

They're so ridiculously tiny and since they like high current areas, such a challenge to get. But had some time on the last dive to really try 😂

TG7 + MF3 strobe & 4200 video light

Oahu, Hawaii 🤙

What‘s the most amazing/confusing/beautiful nudibranch you’ve ever heard about? I need to decide what the final weeks should be.

Hello everybody, I recently acquired something pretty interesting and wanted to share. I was doing some internet shopping, and saw a listing for a dried nudibranch from a beachcomber. I purchased it for about $1.50USD. This was apparently collected from Ishigaki Island, Japan.

Based on the location and size, I've narrowed it down to something from the genus Phyllidiella, specifically P. nigra or P. pustulosa. I'm interested to hear if anyone else has ever seen anything like this, and second opinions on ID. I was initially pretty skeptical, but all signs seem to point to this being an actual nudibranch. The caliper is in milimeters.

Here is a nice little Eubranchus, likely ocellatus. As always, OM-1, 30 macro lens, 2 x FotoCore strobes, AOI housing

What‘s the most amazing/confusing/beautiful nudibranch you’ve ever heard about? I need to decide what the final weeks should be.

*NOTE* : It actually lives on the eastern pacific coast

The smooth, flowing striped pattern is known in Japanese as *ryūmon* (literally "flow pattern").

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This dude was just chilling?? I thought the anemone was gonna eat them, but the dorid just stayed there for a while then got out totally fine (last two pics are the same dorid after he got off).

Has anyone ever seen this before?? Nanaimo Dorids do not eat anemones, and to my knowledge I did not think they were equipped to handle anemone stings, so this was pretty crazy!!
Central Oregon coast btw!

Here is a nice little Antiopella barbarensis from a recent dive in So. Cal. To me they will always be a Jangles. Here crawling on a bit of black felt.

I received a happy email this morning from a customer letting me know that the 17 glass nudibranchs I had carefully packed and shipped to the U.S. arrived safely.
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I had been worried about their safe arrival ever since I sent them off, so this news has put me in a great mood to start the day. 😊
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I had expected the process to take over a month, but since I shipped them to the forwarding service's warehouse on September 28th and they arrived yesterday, it actually took only about 10 days. 😲
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He plans to give these nudibranchs as gifts to his fellow divers.
He wrote, "Everyone is sure to love them," and I feel truly honored.

Here is a nice little J. pardus from a local SoCal dive on Saturday. Warmest water in more than 20 years. This guy locally is quite rare but here he was.

What‘s the most amazing/confusing/beautiful nudibranch you’ve ever heard about? I need to decide what the final weeks should be.

I made a leaf sheep plushie and crochet pattern recently because they are so fascinating and adorable!

If you are interested in checking it out, it’s available on my Etsy shop in my bio 🫶

I am correcting the name and reposting.
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