Above: Doto rosacea, displaying all the standard Dendronotina characteristics - large rhinophoral...
DELVING INTO DENDRONOTINIDS
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Nudi Notes
Classification & Naming
Here are, and will be added, NudiNotes on why sea slugs are classified, grouped or separated the way they are and, in some instances, why they are named as they are.
THE ALLURING ARDEADORIS – Some examples of the genus
THE ALLURING ARDEADORIS - Some examples of the genus Some nudibranchs are both a delight to find...
Lookalikes to Look Out for – No. 3. – Ceratosoma trilobatum, Ceratosoma tenue & Ceratosoma gracillimum
Ceratosoma trilobatum - Ceratosoma tenue - Ceratosoma gracillimum In No. 3 of this series there...
Lookalikes to Look out for – No. 2. – Mexichromis pusilla & Verconia varians
Mexichromis pusilla - Verconia varians In No. 2 of this series Mexichromis pusilla (Bergh, 1874)...
FOUR AND MORE INTO ONE – Variation in Miamira moloch
Miamira moloch is a large to very large nudibranch of the Chromdorididae Family. It was first...
Lookalikes to look out for – No. 1
Sometimes when reviewing images post-dive it’s easy to overlook an uncommon species if it has a...
SIX SEPARATE SOCKETS – Hexabranchidae
Hexabranchus The name says it all. It has six gills - Hexabranchus. The family and genus hold six...
UNIQUELY UNITED BUT DECEPTIVE DISPLAY – THE SUCTORIAL FEEDING POROSTOMATA NUDIBRANCHS
UNIQUELY UNITED BUT DECEPTIVE DISPLAY The Suctorial Feeding Porostomata Nudibranchs In a previous...
VIVA VARIATION – Hypselodoris bullockii & LOOK-ALIKES
VIVA VARIATION Change is upsetting Repetition is tedious. Three cheers for variation!...
SORTING OUT THE TRUE NUDIBRANCHS
Sorting out the True Nudibranchs The Nudibranchs are but one order, the Nudibranchia, in...
THE ANAL DUALITY OF THE NUDIBRANCHIA
The true nudibranchs are divided into two suborders – Suborder Cladobranchia and Suborder...
WHAT PHYLLIDIID IS THAT?
Trying to decide to which genus a phyllidiid nudibranch belongs from a photo can be a task of some...