Mating Aeolid Nudibranch - Flabellina affinis

A small,colorful, elegant & sinuous Cratena, tenaciously clinging to a rock, comes towards me resisting the current. I enjoy photographing it looking for the contrast with the intense red of the sponge behind it _2023
(Canon100,1/200,f20,i.200)

Flabellina nudibranch , double exposure
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Flabellina affinis (pink flabellina) keeping an eye on me. (f/29, 1/160, ISO-100, 27mm, UCL-165). - Erik

During my dives in Goa,sometimes I came across a Flabellina & thought to myself — what an enormous one! And it turned out… it wasn't just 1. It's at times difficult to tell a singular from a mating pair as this photo.
(Canon100,1/250,f25,i.250)

Nudibranch at Cańo Island 5/25/23

Nudibranch

Mediterranean Cratena. With its colorful shades, it looks like the creation of a talented painter_2023
(Canon60,1/200,f20,iso200)

A close up of a bright red Flabellina (with one of the two orange horns which is shorter, surely bitten by some predator), commonly found in the waters surrounding Goa_2023
(Canon100, 1/200,f20,iso200)

This is a photo of a nudibranch, Reticulidia Halgerda. Spotted off the coast of Acacia Dive Resort in Anilao.
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Lions mane

Chromodoris quadricolor (pyjama slug). (f/25, 1/160, ISO-100, 23mm, UCL-165 and UCL-67 stacked, the vignetting is caused by the use of a bayonet system putting the wet lenses further from the dome - can be avoided by zooming in). - Erik

Favorinus mirabilis

Face to face with a Spanish shawl

Swaying nudi

Chromodoris elisabethina

Shy

Phidiana militaris. These nudis are covered in appendages named cerata which increase surface area for gas exchange and also to display ingested chemicals or for defence. Sophisticated and surprising nature as always!
(Canon100,1/250,f20, iso200)

Dorid Nudibranch - Felimare picta

Chromodoridadae paintedHypselodoris
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Melibe colemani aka "ghost nudi".

Cratena nudibranchs, fascinating creatures of Mediterranean sea .This is taken at La Formica dive site, in Sicily_August 2022.
(Canon100, 1/250,f18,iso200)

Spanish shawl
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Bubble nudi (Doto sp.)

I took this photo one second before this Cratena nudibranch disappeared into the sea grass. I often enjoy waiting for them to emerge from some bush to photograph their big orange eyes!
(Canon100,1/200,f20,iso400)

The u/w world becomes ever more fascinating when you dive slowly, look closely & appreciate the little things. Like this red Flabellina on the wreck off Goa. Here there are many tangled on the wreckage lying a few mt deep.
(Canon100,1/250,f25,i.250)

Go into the light!