#nudibranchs — Public Fediverse posts

Diving in #newquay bay yesterday. Thinking Amphorina Farrani, the #nudibranchs are slowly appearing on the northern coast of #cornwall. This was tricky to photo, digging into the small animal turf. Ocean temperature knocking around the 12-13 degree mark but feeling a bit more summery. #oceanlife #freedive #snorkeling

Gauguin? Matisse? Miró? Well, actually, it’s… sea slug! 🤗 A team at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids & Interfaces discovered that #nudibranchs - a type of marine slug often called 'the #butterflies of the #sea' - produce their brilliant hues not with pigment chemistry as previously thought, but through structural colouration, arranged in pixel-like patterns.🦋🐚🎨.🌊 More: https://www.mpg.de/26287823/impressionist-sea-slugs [Credit: Samuel Humphrey/MPI of Colloids and Interfaces]

Peirce Island in New Hampshire was positively overflowing with nudibranchs last week. The fisheye lens really shows off the abundance of hydroids (nudi food!) and great visibility. Prints: buff.ly/0t6h5l9 #nudibranchs #underwaterphotography #NewEngland #fisheye #photography #olympus #om1 🦑 📷

Dive into Wool Creature Lab’s World of Vibrant Felted #Nudibranchs !
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/03/wool-creature-lab-arina-bovenich-felted-wool-nudibranchs/ via Colossal

Did you know #nudibranchs are hermaphrodites but still need a partner to reproduce? 🐌🌊 It’s a complicated romance under the sea!

From chemical exchanges to intricate courtship rituals, learn how these colorful sea slugs make it happen.

Read more: https://scubahanknyc.com/2023/10/12/it-takes-two-nudibranchs/

#nature #underwater #marinebiology

"How should one photograph such an animal?" Peter Godfrey-Smith on the ethics of observing nudibranchs
https://metazoan.net/126-spun-of-light/

#nature #MarineBiology #nudibranchs #photography #animals #molluscs #NaturePhotography #underwater #UnderwaterPhotography #NSW #blog

Illustration by Kumataro Ito, from Notes and Description of Specimens Collected on the Philippine Expedition of the Steamer Albatross (ca. 1908).

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/322608cb-630e-48c1-85d0-a7cdd6b5a92c

#aquatic #gastropods #nudibranchs #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Kumataro Ito, from Notes and Description of Specimens Collected on the Philippine Expedition of the Steamer Albatross (ca. 1908).

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/361cf088-c753-4fb9-8aa3-b5c7cb56e885

#aquatic #gastropods #nudibranchs #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Kumataro Ito, from Notes and Description of Specimens Collected on the Philippine Expedition of the Steamer Albatross (ca. 1908).

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b2cd308d-e17e-4862-b4bb-dcdc0fc4e4bf

#aquatic #gastropods #nudibranchs #art #publicdomain

Small to tiny friends from this weekend on the coast. A little blob of goo in a tidepool was actually a beautiful nudibranch! Then the little sparrow-sized blob in a tree turned out to be cute pygmy owl.

#pnw #nature #photography #wildlife #owls #tidepools #nudibranchs #birds

Illustration by Kumataro Ito, from Notes and Description of Specimens Collected on the Philippine Expedition of the Steamer Albatross (ca. 1908).

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/08e9db3c-5518-4e37-ba5f-f3fb1d5509ff

#aquatic #gastropods #nudibranchs #art #publicdomain

Some images from yet another nice dive at Folly Cove in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The sand lance were still around in the shallows, so that made for a fun start and end of the dive. #underwaterPhotography #macro #fish #shrimps #nudibranchs #scuba #NewEngland #Massachusetts 🦑 📷

Sea slugs steal body parts from prey to gain their powers

https://www.sciencealert.com/sea-slugs-steal-body-parts-from-prey-to-gain-their-powers

#Marine #SeaSlugs #Nudibranchs #Ocean #NatureIsMetal

Another week another #molluscmonday
This week i got to photograph a for me new species, the Crystal Seaslug (Antiopella cristata), and i have to admit it is one of the prettiest nudibranchs i've ever seen
Taken: 6/6 2025
Camera: Olympus TG-5
#marinelife #nudibranchs #nordicdiving #naturephotography #underwaterphotography

I was looking at nudibranchs and thought they looked like Pokémon so when I googled them together I was pleased to find Pikachu Nudibranchs

https://www.notroublesjustbubbles.com/marine-life/pikachu-nudibranch

#Nudibranchs #SeaSlugs #Marine

#molluscmonday is here, and i got piping fresh nudibranch photos from this weekend's dives, these are Orange brown aeolids (Aeolidiella glauca), the most common of nudibranchs in Sweden, but they are nice nonetheless :D
#marinelife #underwaterphotography #nudibranchs #nordicdiving #naturephotography

3rd paint of the year and this time on a larger scale. Nudibranchs aka sea slugs and GARY 😆. Painted with acrylics and brushes. #nudibranchs #seaslugs #mural #sea #art

A plate of gastropod gastronomy! These nudibranch nigiris are some of my new charms, which also double as mini standees.

I love sea slugs/bunnies and had a hard time choosing only these four species! Which one's your favourite?

#MerchArtist #Nudibranchs

A plate of gastropod gastronomy! These nudibranch nigiris are some of my new charms, which also double as mini standees.

I love sea slugs/bunnies and had a hard time choosing only these four species! Which one's your favourite?

#MerchArtist #Nudibranchs

A plate of gastropod gastronomy! These nudibranch nigiris are some of my new charms, which also double as mini standees.

I love sea slugs/bunnies and had a hard time choosing only these four species! Which one's your favourite?

#MerchArtist #Nudibranchs

A plate of gastropod gastronomy! These nudibranch nigiris are some of my new charms, which also double as mini standees.

I love sea slugs/bunnies and had a hard time choosing only these four species! Which one's your favourite?

#MerchArtist #Nudibranchs

Some fishes from our dives with @slomo in Ammouliani on the second weekend of June.

Featuring: an ornate wrasse, two brown parrotfishes that look like they are kissing, nudibranch eggs, and a marbled goby camouflaged in the sand.

#ScubaDiving #UnderwaterPhotography #Photography #MarineLife #Nudibranch #Nudibranchs #Fish #FishPhotography #Wrasse #Parrotfish #Goby #NaturePhotography #Ammouliani #Chalkidiki #Greece

A small selection of nudibranchs from our dives with @slomo in Ammouliani on the second weekend of June.

Featuring: Felimida krohni, Flabellina affinis with its eggs, Felimida luteorosea, and Cratena Peregrina.

#ScubaDiving #UnderwaterPhotography #Photography #MarineLife #Nudibranch #Nudibranchs #NaturePhotography #Ammouliani #Chalkidiki #Greece

@TarkabarkaHolgy nudibranchs 1 : 2 sea snails #nudibranchs #SeaSnails #Mediterranean

@TarkabarkaHolgy nudibranchs 1 : 2 sea snails #nudibranchs #SeaSnails #Mediterranean

@TarkabarkaHolgy nudibranchs 1 : 2 sea snails #nudibranchs #SeaSnails #Mediterranean

@TarkabarkaHolgy nudibranchs 1 : 2 sea snails #nudibranchs #SeaSnails #Mediterranean

@TarkabarkaHolgy nudibranchs 1 : 2 sea snails #nudibranchs #SeaSnails #Mediterranean