Ningaloo January 2009 - nudibranchs
Well, 2009 has started with a few dives so that's already an improvement over 2008! The nudibranchs are everywhere again and we have even found TWO new (to us) ones in the last couple of days. Can't beat that.
Here's a little selection from the zillions we saw:
01 - Chromodoris fidelis
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3120/...231f1599_o.jpg
02 - Janolus sp
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3265/...69c8f6d1_o.jpg
03 - Tambja morosa
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3263/...d2f05fb5_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3109/...753ab794_o.jpg
04 - Cadlinella ornatissima
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3129/...60bf31e8_o.jpg
05 - mating & laying Chromodoris geometricas
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3067/...00c27cff_o.jpg
06 - hungry Moridilla brockii
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3259/...edfcdc10_o.jpg
07 - Flabellina exoptata
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3207/...5bfa6e06_o.jpg
08 - Gymnodoris rubropapulosa
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3233/...51a997f5_o.jpg
09 - juvenile Spanish Dancer Hexabranchus sanguineus
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3106/...42a67b65_o.jpg
10 - our first new guy: Phestilla melanobranchia
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3243/...fd7258d1_o.jpg
11 - our second new guy thanks to my dive bud, Mary: Favorinus tsuruganus
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3081/...3c5763a4_o.jpg
That's a good start ;) There are more in my Flickr stuff and Facebook and in my blog
More photos from the dives coming soon ... enjoy!
Well, poop, looks like these links don't work either!
