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Pair of Cratena peregrina nudibranchs_August 2024
(CanonEF60, 1/200,f18,iso100)
Flabellina has a specialized diet based on hydroid polyps. Just look for the colonies of these polyps (similar to small bushes often positioned on the tops of rocks to catch current) to find it more easily!_June 2024
(Canon100, 1/200,f/18,iso100)
Watchful eye that of the Mediterranean Hermit Crab, always careful to protect abdomen, which is not covered by a rigid cuticle, inside the shells of gastropod molluscs that it finds abandoned_August 2024
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso100)
Goniobranchus collingwoodi_February 2024
(Canon100,1/200,f16,iso100)
Chromodoris quadricolor nudibranch_March 2024
(Canon100,1/200,f16,iso100)
Contrasts make a photo more interesting. Apart from the black of background,the orange with purple tips of "cerata" compared to the white bodies plays in favor & composition of two Cratena with different focus.July2024
(Canon 100,1/200,f18,iso100)
Elysia shy, white with red dots on body,head and rhinophores. It is characterized by a green color bands produced by the chloroplasts that it retains in the cells of digestive system_June 2024.
(Canon 100,1/200,f14,i.100)
The Ischian flabellina is a close cousin of the lilac one with which it is confused. The epidermis of the Ischia cerati is transparent and thus allows a glimpse of the bright orange ducts of the digestive gland_ June2024
(Canon 100,1/200,f18,i.100)
Since July here in Sicily you can see many more Cratene than before, close together, intent on laying eggs a few meters deep, let's say around fifteen meters. An excellent time to shot some of them in pairs._July_2024
(Canon100,1/200,f18,iso100)
Thorunna daniellae nudibranch_Nha Trang_March2024
(Canon100,1/200,f18,iso100)
Glossodoris cincta nudibranch_Nha Trang_Jan2024
(Canon100,1/200,f16,iso100)
Hypselodoris infucata nudibranch -Nha Trang_ March 2024
(Canon100, 1/200, f16,iso100)
Andaman gobi_April 2024
(Canon100, 1/200, f11,iso100)
This is Chromodoris fidelis nudibranch. The coat is creamy white with a wide orange band around the edge of the coat_March 2024
(Canon 100,1/200 f14,iso100)
Cratena nudibranch. A Cratena leaps to reach another twig of hydroids on which to feed and lay its eggs. Taken in July 2024
(Canon100, 1/200, f20, iso100)
Hypselodors infucata nudibranch_March 2024
(Canon100, 1/200 f16,iso100)
Flabellina affinis_June 2024
(Canon100,1/200,f18,iso100)
Cratena peregrina nudibranch_June 2024
(Canon100,1/200,f20, iso100)
Phyllidiopsis krempfi nudibranch_April 2024
(Canon100, 1/200,f10,iso100)
The roar of the Flabellina! _June 2024
(Canon100, 1/200, f20,iso 100)
The colors of this Cratena nudibranch remind me that nature is wonderful and we humans have the privilege of being able to admire it in its different forms, always discovering something new._October 2023
(Canon100, 1/250, f13,iso100)
Peperoncino fish_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f11,iso100)
Reticulated nudibranch_March 2024
(Canon100,1/200,f11,iso100)
Mediterranean crab . This was quite large and didn't fit in the frame of my lens but I photographed it anyway trying to focus on its green eyes. Unfortunately not very well, but no rush..I'll try again later, it's a matter of practice! _June 2024
Green Elysia ornata nudibranch_ Dec 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso100)
Mediterranean violet aeloid_June 2024
(Canon100, 1/200,f20,iso100)
Hypselodoris maculosa front view_A beautiful tiny one! March 2024
(Canon100, 1/200,f13,iso100)
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