Goniodoris sp. 7 (in NSSI 2nd Ed.) This is a cute little bugger. Members of Goniodoris have a well-developed notal edge as seen here in Andrew's photo. They lack prominent appendages on the notum. Our guy here is uniformly white with a white notal margin. The edge of the foot however has yellow and orange along their full length. The rhinophores are light brown with opaque white markings. The gill is white and the head tentacles brown. This small dorid is known from the Philippines and now Sulawesi, Indonesia. Dave Behrens New Braunfels, TX Dec., 2024 Send Dave email at davidwbehrens@gmail.com

Started diving in 1977 with the Jamaica branch of the British Subaqua Club (JSAC). I qualified as a BASC Advanced Diver/CMAS *** in 1978. As a freshwater botanist in the University of the West Indies, I had collaborative projects with the marine labs at Port Royal and Discovery Bay. I had the privilege to be personally taught about Caribbean corals by Nora Goreau. My first underwater photos were taken in Jamaica with a NIkonos 2! It was impossible not to become passionate about reefs with the great people in the JSAC and the marine labs. I left Jamaica in 1980 with some 425 dives and spend a short time diving with the Institute of Marine Affairs in Trinidad. There I helped with research collection of sponges on the north coast of Trinidad, on Chacachacare and in the Grand Boca, and we even found a new species of ahermatypic coral. Moving on from there, I did some freshwater diving in the USA and cold water diving in southern Sweden, snorkeling and free diving in the Galapagos, before returning to reef diving on the west cost of Saudi Arabia, Queensland, the Philippines, Thailand, and quite extensive diving in mid to eastern Indonesia. Quite some time ago I stopped counting dives when I reached 2000, though I take notes, documentary photos and record the profiles of all dives. If we do nothing to protect reefs there will be nothing left to photograph underwater, fewer anticancer drugs, painkillers, antivirals etc. etc.. To help the cause, I've used my images to try and encourage people to donate to Greenpeace, Sea Shepard, Conservation International etc. There are articles on Plastics in the Oceans, Medicines from Reefs and much more, Reef Images - The Stories. Camera: Nikon D750 with a Nikon 105mm macro objective in a Seacam housing with Seacam Seaflash 100D strobes. Send Andrew email at acpuhl@outlook.com

From left to right, Terry Gosliner, Angel Valdes, Dave Behrens La Jolla, Calif. Send Dave email at davidwbehrens@gmail.com

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