Dermatobranchus ornatus
Dermatobranchus ornatus Bergh, 1874
The above photo was submitted by Wolfgang Seifarth of Heidelberg, Germany. The animal was discovered during a night dive in the Red Sea area in a substrate of broken stone corals at a depth of approximately 8 meters. Wolfgang is a dedicated nudibranch enthusiast and has even set up his own slug site at The German Slug Site.
Be sure and visit Wolfgang's site!
Text and photo courtesy of:
Wolfgang Seifarth
Biologist, Postdoc
Faculty of Clinical Sciences at the University of Heidelberg, Germany
Molecular Genetics and Cancer Research
Send Wolfgang e-mail at seifarth@rummelplatz.uni-mannheim.de
For those of you interested in the photographic background information of the images, the following may be of interest!
Camera System: Nikonos RS/50mm Macro
Strobe: YS50 TTL
Film: Kodak Elite 100
Site: Port Safaga, Red Sea
Photo Editing: PhotoStyler 2.0/Kodak Photo CD
