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Miamira sp. sp.5 (undesribed) Wow, wow, wow - Lawrence Neal has another new one, and spectacular it is. At first I thought it was Miamira magnifica (Courtesy of Dave Mullin's nudibranchdomain.org), but after closer inspection it is definitely not. Lawrence's critter (seen as juvenile in this link) is spotted, lacking the lines found on the dorsum of M. magnifica. It also lacks the white marginal band, but does have a dark line along the dorsal ridge. Lawrence shared - "With orange spots on a turquoise background, these spectacular nudibranchs are among the most colorful I've ever seen. The slugs were encountered feeding on pale yellow sponges (perhaps Dysidea?) in shallow water, around 5 or 6 meters' depth. Adult specimens were around 10 cm long. They were found in association with the batwing slug, Sagaminopteron pschedelicum, which seems to favor the same species of sponge." If there was ever a species to be referred to as aposomatic - it's this guy. Fantastic.
Dave Behrens Sammamish, WA 98074 Apr., 2021 Send Dave email at davidwbehrens@gmail.com |
Lawrence Neal
Lawrence Neal is a British freelance professional based in Bangkok, Thailand. He escapes the city for coastal waters in the south of the country whenever time and global pandemics permit. Apart from diving and underwater photography, Lawrence enjoys travel, trekking, landscape photography, fitness and biohacking. He currently uses a Nikon d850 with a 105-mm macro lens, a pair of Backscatter MF-1 strobes and assorted wet lenses. Lawrence Neal
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Attention all you Sluggers, and you know who you are! The NSSI 2nd edition is now available in ebook PDF and book form . The hard back version will become available Nov. 1st. Both will cost $65 (individually). You will need to jump through a few hoops to get the electronic version as pdf distribution is protected by Adobe ID!! Please read the following to enable reading your electronic purchase! This new 2nd Edition is updated and reorganized, including 185 new species. Among other features, the new edition includes additional photographs of species, an identification key, and an up-to-date classification reflecting the latest evolutionary relationships. The Indo-Pacific represents the largest expanse of tropical ocean in the world, stretching from the Indian Ocean coast of southern Africa and the Red Sea to the central Pacific of the Hawaiian Islands, Easter Island and the Marquesas. This region supports the most diverse marine fauna of any place in the world for most groups of marine organisms. The nudibranchs and sea slugs are no exception to this rule; there are about 3,000 described species of these organisms in the world and at least 40% of these have been found exclusively in the Indo-Pacific tropics. This book illustrates 2,138 Indo-Pacific nudibranchs and sea slugs, including many undescribed species.
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