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I owe a huge debt of gratitude to Dave Behrens for his incredibly helpful assistance in identifying the vast majority of the my nudibranch photos. For the majority of these photos, he turned my "I think it could possibly be..." into a positive i.d.


Order: NUDIBRANCHIA


Spanish Dancer
Hexabranchus sanguineus

Spanish Dancer (juvenile)
Hexabranchus sanguineus

Hallaxa hileenae
Hallaxa hileenae

Phyllidia carlsonhoffi
Phyllidia carlsonhoffi

Phyllidia coelestis
Phyllidia coelestis

Phyllidia elegans
Phyllidia elegans

Phyllidia elegans
Phyllidia elegans

Phyllidia ocellata
Phyllidia ocellata

Phyllidia ocellata
Phyllidia ocellata

Phyllidia ocellata
Phyllidia ocellata

Phyllidia varicosa
Phyllidia varicosa

Phyllidiella pustolosa
Phyllidiella pustolosa

Phyllidiella pustulosa
Phyllidiella pustulosa

Phyllidiella pustulosa
Phyllidiella pustulosa

Phyllidiopsis shireenae
Phyllidiopsis shireenae

Phyllidiopsis sphingis
Phyllidiopsis sphingis

Reticulidia fungia
Reticulidia fungia

Reticulidia halgerda
Reticulidia halgerda

White Dendronotid
Dendronotus albus

Dendronotus diversicolor
Dendronotus diversicolor

Dendronotus sp.
Dendronotus sp.

Melibe digitata
Melibe digitata

Melibe mirifica
Melibe mirifica

Melibe mirifica
Melibe mirifica

Melibe mirifica
Melibe mirifica

Melibe sp.
Melibe sp.

Marionia sp. 1
Marionia sp. 1

Marionia sp. 2
Marionia sp. 2

Marionia sp. 2
Marionia sp. 2

Marionia sp. 3
Marionia sp. 3

Marionia sp. 4
Marionia sp. 4

Marionia sp. 5
Marionia sp. 5

Marionia viridescens
Marionia viridescens

Lemon Peel Nudibranch
Tochuina tetraquetra

Festive Nudibranch
Tritonia festiva

California Armina
Armina californica

Armina sp.
Armina sp.

Frosted Nudibranch
Dirona albolineata

Frosted Nudibranch
Dirona albolineata

Gold Dirona
Dirona pellucida

Janolus fuscus
Janolus fuscus

Janolus sp.
Janolus sp.

Spurilla major
Spurilla major

Flabellina bicolor
Flabellina bicolor

Flabellina exoptata
Flabellina exoptata

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Flabellina rubrolineata
Flabellina rubrolineata

Flabellina rubrolineata
Flabellina rubrolineata

Three Lined Aeolid
Flabellina trilineata

Flabellina verrucosa
Flabellina verrucosa

Favorinus japonicus
Favorinus japonicus

Favorinus tsuruganus
Favorinus tsuruganus

Opalescent Nudibranch
Hermissenda crassicornis

Opalescent Nudibranch
Hermissenda crassicornis

Moridilla brockii
Moridilla brockii

Hilton's Aeolid
Phidiana hiltoni

Phidiana indica
Phidiana indica

Phyllodesmium briareum
Phyllodesmium briareum

Phyllodesmium crypticum
Phyllodesmium crypticum

Phyllodesmium crypticum
Phyllodesmium crypticum

Phyllodesmium jakobsenae
Phyllodesmium jakobsenae

Phyllodesmium kabiranum
Phyllodesmium kabiranum

Phyllodesmium macphersonae
Phyllodesmium macphersonae

Phyllodesmium magnum
Phyllodesmium magnum

Phyllodesmium magnum
Phyllodesmium magnum

Phyllodesmium opalescens
Phyllodesmium opalescens

Phyllodesmium rudmani
Phyllodesmium rudmani

Phyllodesmium rudmani
Phyllodesmium rudmani

Phyllodesmium serratum
Phyllodesmium serratum

Phyllodesmium sp.
Phyllodesmium sp.

Phyllodesmium sp.
Phyllodesmium sp.

Pteraeolidia ianthina
Pteraeolidia ianthina

Pteraeolidia ianthina
Pteraeolidia ianthina

Phestilla lugubris
Phestilla lugubris

Phestilla melanobrachia
Phestilla melanobrachia

Phestilla melanobrachia
Phestilla melanobrachia