SPECIOUS SEA SLUGS Specious: misleading in appearance, superficially plausible but actually...
SPECIOUS SEA SLUGS – Cryptics Mimics Variations & Morphs
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Nudi Notes
Variations, Exceptions & Abnormalities
Here are, and will be added, NudiNotes about intraspecific variations, whether they are normal or a result of development gone wrong or injury and resulting repair. Also, which species “break the rules” of their family or genus description.
VEXATIOUS VARIABILITY – No. 3 Goniobranchus splendidus
VEXATIOUS VARIABILITY - No. 3 Goniobranchus splendidus Goniobranchus splendidus is a common and...
VEXATIOUS VARIABILITY – No. 2 Goniobranchus geometricus
VEXATIOUS VARIABILITY - No. 2 Goniobranchus geometricus Goniobranchus geometricus, to the...
VEXATIOUS VARIABILITY – No. 1 Hypselodoris jacksoni
VEXATIOUS VARIABILITY - No. 1 Hypselodoris jacksoni There are a number of common species of...
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...
“WELL, THERE’S SOMETHING YOU DON’T SEE EVERY DAY.” – Tenellia sibogae
Tenellia sibogae (or Trinchesia sibogae, depending on whose taxonomy you follow) is usually...
VIVA VARIATION – Hypselodoris bullockii & LOOK-ALIKES
VIVA VARIATION Change is upsetting Repetition is tedious. Three cheers for variation!...
THE EXCEPTION TO THE RULE – Phyllodesmium acanthorhinum
THE EXCEPTION TO “THE RULE” Phyllodesmium acanthorhinum is a rarely sighted, though widely...