Northwest Nudibranchs

[Dusty2]

Personally, I think the Northwest Diver site has been "lost" for a long, long time....there was just a bunch of you folks that kept trying to dig up the corpse and give it CPR to try to revive it!

- John

I have to agree but it's kinda like losing an old friend. I started out on there and really got into the forum thing thru NWD. Alas all good things must end so I have migrated here and to my delight most of those I got to know there are migrating here also and there are great new people to get to know and expand my knowledge even further.

[enchantmentdivi]

Personally, I think the Northwest Diver site has been "lost" for a long, long time....there was just a bunch of you folks that kept trying to dig up the corpse and give it CPR to try to revive it!

- John

I have to agree but it's kinda like losing an old friend.

Noticed today that the site is up for sale again....

[John Rawlings]

I have to agree but it's kinda like losing an old friend. I started out on there and really got into the forum thing thru NWD. Alas all good things must end so I have migrated here and to my delight most of those I got to know there are migrating here also and there are great new people to get to know and expand my knowledge even further.

I understand. I also started out years ago on NWD and made some really special friendships through that board. Over the years so many of us us left for a variety of reasons and most ended up here!

- John

[dwashbur]

I have to agree but it's kinda like losing an old friend. I started out on there and really got into the forum thing thru NWD. Alas all good things must end so I have migrated here and to my delight most of those I got to know there are migrating here also and there are great new people to get to know and expand my knowledge even further.

I understand. I also started out years ago on NWD and made some really special friendships through that board. Over the years so many of us us left for a variety of reasons and most ended up here!

- John

I started out there as well, and only just recently gave up on it for good.

Speaking of nudibranchs (like how I slipped that in there?????), here's a Heath's dorid, found extensively in Puget Sound even though this one is from Monterey, specifically Lovers Point Cove 3 yesterday. This picture, incidentally, is a three-fer: I was actually going for the tubeworm while being dragged over a rock formation by some godawful surge, and didn't actually notice the nudi until I was looking at the picture later. So there's a nice feather-duster worm, and the little Heath's; you'll probably have to click on the picture and enlarge it to see what the third critter is (Hint: it's REALLY tiny!)

[dwashbur]

Here's a nice Flabellina verrucosa from Harper's Ferry over near Port Orchard:

[John Rawlings]

Here are a couple of shots that I took this year up in the Browning Pass area while diving from the "Hideaway" with John DeBoeck....

This first one is of an "Orange Peel" nudibranch, Toquina tetraquerta. You can certainly see how it came by its common name! This photo will appear in my article on Browning Pass that will be in ADM Issue # 29. Click on the image for enlargement and greater clarity.

This second photograph was also taken up in Browning Pass. It is a shot of one of the many color variations of an "Opalescent" nudibranch, Hermissenda crassicornis. Once again, click on the image for enlargement and greater clarity.

[Dusty2]

This first one is of an "Orange Peel" nudibranch, Toquina tetraquerta. You can certainly see how it came by its common name!

Awesome picture John
Sure wish they were down in the sound. I would really like to get some shots to add to my album.

[John Rawlings]

Here's two views of ANOTHER nudibranch species that I've personally never found down here in Puget Sound, but it ranges all the way down to Baja. This is a "Three-Colored Dorid, Polycera tricolor. Valerie and I found them all over the place when we were diving up in Nootka Sound with Scott and Jude Schooner of Tahtsa Dive Charters. Click on the images to enlarge and clarify the view.

[cardiver]

Here are a couple of my shots...

[Dusty2]

These first two are not positive ID's. They are very small

This is either an Aldaria or its Onchidoris muricata. Tough to tell on these little white dorids


This one could be Dendronotus dalli but not positive


A very nice Acanthodoris hudsoni


Acanthodoris nanaimoensis


More to follow

[Dusty2]

Hudsons dorid


Naniamos making more


The sentinal--- Clown dorid smelling the wind

[Pez7378]

I love that last pic Dusty! WOW. Those Clowns are my favorite ones to photograph, but they all look the same to me. That picture is amazing!

[Dusty2]

Thanks PEZ, I see so many of them up where I dive I keep telling myself, no more clown pix but I always seem to find one I just have to shoot. Here are a couple more for ya.

[John Rawlings]

Here is a selection of shots of several large "Rainbow" Dendronotus nudibranchs, Dendronotus iris. None of these shots were taken of the same animal, but all were taken on the same dive at Shark Point up in Nootka Sound. These shots clearly show the extreme color variations within this species. Single-click on each photo to expand and clarify the view.

[spatman]

here's a few more flabellina trophinas taken at Sund Rock...

[Jan K]

WOW, I leave for a week and come back to find this wonderful gallery of my favorite critters (who don't swim away while I wait for the shutter to do its job). Great shots !!

[Dusty2]

Glad to see you back Jan,

I was wondering why you hadn't posted anything yet. We need some of those hooded shots and those cool hedgpethi that no one else has seen!

[Jan K]

Glad to see you back Jan,
I was wondering why you hadn't posted anything yet. We need some of those hooded shots and those cool hedgpethi that no one else has seen!

Still having issues with my camera rig, I guess I wore it out :( , so nothing exiting in the new department. These are old ones:

Hedgpeth's Sea Hare (Elysia hedgpethi) from Lagoon Point, Whidbey:


and Hooded Nudibranch (Melibe leonina) from Holmes Harbor, Whidbey Island:

[Dusty2]

Old but great shots just the same. Hope you can get a new rig soon. It's just not the same diving without a good camera and I hate to be out of the water for very long.

[Dusty2]

I just opened this thread -- What an incredible treat!

Dusty, it's your fault that I spent all weekend with my nose deep in every hydroid I saw, desperately searching for some of the cool, camouflaged nudies that you post pictures of. I think you owe me a dive to show me how to see them :-)

These are for you LCF. Gotta make sure you keep your nose to the bottom. I'm headin back up to PT Thursday. Come on up and bring your magnifiying glass!
I think you said this is one of your favorites? Lamacia cockerelli


Now for some itty bitty ones
These are Doto kya

and this is Cuthona viridis

[Chenari]

Wow, those Cockerells sure got sunburned lol. That's really cool coloring, I've never seen that kind of thing before.

[60south]

Another hooded nudibrach. I Know you commonly see these at Edmonds, but I found this guy at Rockaway today and liked the spots.

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[John Rawlings]

Here's one of my favorite shots of a Flabellina trophina, taken in Hood Canal. He was managing to cause the shrimp beneath him a wee bit of concern!

Single-click on the photo for increased clarity.

- John

[dphershman]

Some nice nudibranchs out at Lime Kiln Park on San Juan Island this weekend.

A Hooded Nudibranch Melibe leonina ,a Dendronotus diversicolor and a Longhorn (Opalescent) Nudibranch Hermissenda Crassicornis,

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[nwscubamom]

Just found this video/song to a spoof on "That's what love is for..." called That's what slugs are for..." - all about nudibranchs being used in scientific experiments!

http://www.youtube.com/v/Io_myPtj0aI&hl=en&fs=1

- Janna