millamuck's Identifications

Photos / Sounds

3 photos

What

Clown Doris (Ceratosoma amoenum)

Observer

luca_dt

Date

March 18, 2024 03:23 PM NZDT

Place

Rocky Bay (Google, OSM)

Description

Quite a few deeper.

Also saw a gold margined nudibranch.

~5 - 10 m subtidal

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Clown Doris - Photo (c) John Turnbull, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

millamuck's ID: Clown Doris (Ceratosoma amoenum)

Added on March 18, 2024

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Photos / Sounds

8 photos

What

Janolus ignis

Observer

luca_dt

Date

January 3, 2024 05:06 PM NZDT

Place

Hongoeka Bay South (Google, OSM)

Description

Searched all over but just one at the good reef wall. Might even be the same individual I saw a month ago! Now even more spectacular fully grown.
I noticed when a fish attacked it or I nudged it, the slug would extend all its cerata out into a spike ball.

~3.5 cm long
~3 m subtidal