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Hypselodoris maritima
Courtesy of Constantinos Petrinos
Hypselodoris maritima (Baba, 1949)
Hypselodoris maritima is a beautiful little chromodorid with a wide
geographic range throughout the Indo-Pacific. This species is similar in
color to the east African Hypselodoris nigrolineata on Bill
Rudman's Forum, except that H. maritima has a blue submarginal border,
rather than red-purple in the African species. Also important is that the
gills of H. maritima are white, edged with orange, rather than uniform
orange. The species reaches about 25 mm in length, and varies in the
number and density of black lines on the dorsum.
The photograph shown above is one of many opisthobranch shots included in Constantinos Petrinos' new book Realm of the Pygmy Seahorse. Award-winning photographer Constantinos Petrinos, chose the Lembeh Strait in North Sulawesi, Indonesia to produce this book. He spent 5 months at Kungkungan Bay Resort , made 320 dives and took 25,000 slides. This book features 280 of these amazing photographs. Contantinos is an avid nudibranch lover. Given the nickname "Con" by friends at KBR for "Creature Of the Night" is an indication of his intensity and for his insatiable desire to make long night dives, when the opishtobranch fauna of Lembeh is most active. Like the shot above, Con's photos are rarely portraits, but document behavior, such as the creation of the egg ribbon shown here. An eighteen page chapter is dedicated solely to Nudibranchs, but many more pages and photos of Sulawesi Branch species fill the book.
For more information about Constantinos and his fantastic new book, go to
his Web Site .
Danville, CA
Sep. 2001
| Realm of the Pygmy Seahorse 2001. Constantinos Petrinos Award-winning photographer Constantinos Petrinos, chose the Lembeh Strait in North Sulawesi, Indonesia to document this fascinating underwater wonderland. He spent 5 months in the region, did 320 dives and took 25,000 slides. This book features 280 of these amazing photographs. Underwater photographers will find a wealth of information on technique. For the naturalist, the rich text explains the spectacular behavior seen in the photographs.
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Taxonomic information courtesy of Dave Behrens
David W. Behrens
Author:
Pacific Coast Nudibranchs |
