NudiNotes
NudiNotes
Sometimes a short article on a topic can be informative and also easily remembered because it is focused and the information is not buried in lots of unrelated data.
This is the premise of NudiNotes – short interesting articles on specific sea slug related topics.
As this section is populated the accumulated NudiNotes will be placed under subject related headings.
Sea Slugs – Taking Care of Business
Sea Slugs - Taking Care of Business Slugs? ……. Yes, lowly slugs, specifically sea slugs. Those small biological blobs that seemingly just lie inanimate upon the substrate, doing nothing, sometimes seen sliding along to who knows where or indeed, to what purpose. Most...
The Lurid Limenandra
The Lurid Limenandra There are six described species of Limenandra (Aeolidiidae family), those aeolid nudibranchs best known and admired for their colourful pattern of concentric circles down the length of the dorsum. Their general distributions (others may be known)...
THE EXOTIC EUBRANCHUS
Above - Eubranchus sp. 11. A beautifully coloured undescribed species of this distinctive genus. The authentic “Balloon Animals” of the sea. Have you ever inflated those special sausage-shaped party balloons and twisted them together to make an “animal”? My favourite...
THURIDILLA THRILLS – Sea Slug Eye Candies That Aren’t Nudibranchs
THURIDILLA THRILLS Sea Slug Eye Candies That Aren’t Nudibranchs Thuridilla is a tropical and warm temperate genus of sea slug species belonging to the diverse sap-sucking order Sacoglossa. If you are looking for out-of-this-world colour contrasts and combinations to...
VEXATIOUS VARIABILITY – No. 4 Mexichromis mariei
VEXATIOUS VARIABILITY - No. 4 Mexichromis mariei Mexichromis mariei, (Crosse, 1872) originally described as Goniodoris mariei back in 1872 from a single specimen collected in New Caledonia, can be quite variable in presentation. “This is one of the most variably...
Illusory – Delusory – Elusory
Illusory - Delusory - Elusory - The Art Of Blending In - Sea Slugs that mimic their food or other invertebrates in the habitat. In other NudiNotes we have looked at the many ways that sea slugs mimic other sea slugs, sea slugs that advertise their colourful presence...
FAKE – FRAUDULENT – FALLACIOUS Mimics of Sea Slugs
FAKE - FRAUDULENT - FALLACIOUS Mimics of Sea Slugs Other NudiNotes have discussed sea slugs that look like other sea slugs (see Specious Sea Slugs NudiNote), for a number of complex reasons, and all the confusion that it causes taxonomists, the publishers of...
THE STORY BEHIND A NAME
THE STORY BEHIND A NAME Chromodoris elisabethina Definitive information about the taxonomic history of Chromodoris elisabethina together with some attractive (dare I say pretty) and some not so attractive pictures, but nevertheless informative. A story of misspelling,...
SPECIOUS SEA SLUGS – Cryptics Mimics Variations & Morphs
SPECIOUS SEA SLUGS Specious: misleading in appearance, superficially plausible but actually incorrect. Cryptics Mimics Variations & Morphs Most divers just enjoy their recreation with little exposure to, or even interest in, the scientific process. They take...
DELVING INTO DENDRONOTINIDS
Above: Doto rosacea, displaying all the standard Dendronotina characteristics - large rhinophoral sheaths, branching appendages arranged down the lateral sides of the notum and feeding upon hydroids. DELVING INTO DENDRONOTINIDS If you have been reading the NudiNotes...
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THURIDILLA THRILLS – Sea Slug Eye Candies That Aren’t Nudibranchs
THURIDILLA THRILLS Sea Slug Eye Candies That...
VEXATIOUS VARIABILITY – No. 4 Mexichromis mariei
VEXATIOUS VARIABILITY - No. 4 Mexichromis mariei...
FAKE – FRAUDULENT – FALLACIOUS Mimics of Sea Slugs
FAKE - FRAUDULENT - FALLACIOUS Mimics of Sea...
SPECIOUS SEA SLUGS – Cryptics Mimics Variations & Morphs
SPECIOUS SEA SLUGS Specious: misleading in...