Nudibranch Nerd

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admirer & advocate of nudibabes & all their squishy relatives

a silhouetted cluster of 50-ish monarch butterflies clustered together, some fluttering or flying around, on a eucalyptus branch
a hilton's aeolid crawling on a rock in a tidepool
a fluorescing porcelain crab in a tidepool
a screenshot from the inaturalist app showing almost 60,000 observations of 595 species of nudibranchs around the European continent's coastlines
a pair of yellow-spotted millipedes walking across a dirt path with one piggyback riding on the other
a pair of Hopkins' rose nudibranchs in a clear observation dish
a honey bee crawling on my painted model of a sunflower sea star
top view of a pair of Velella velella in a clear bowl with sea water
my orange tabby cat lay between my partner and I's legs with his body pointed in one direction, but one leg and his head bent in the opposite direction
a flame lined chiton, Tonicella lokii, in an aquarium exhibit
a red aldisa dorid nudibranch next to a mussel in a tidepool
a bright orange ochre star on a bed of mussels attached to a rock
a tiny san diego dorid nudibranch on a white sponge in an aquarium exhibit
a sea lemon nudibranch on the side of a dock among many small barnacles
a small cluster of a couple dozen western monarch butterflies in a cypress tree with lace lichen draping from the branches
a mini sculpture of a frosted dirona nudibranch on a rock with a cluster of four barnacles with their little feeding feet
a clear bowl with seven opalescent aeolid nudibranchs in it
a rice grain sized three-lined aeolid (sea slug) on a giant kelp blade
a fruit tart with a white chocolate bat candy on top
a bakery display with spider shaped bread loaves stacked on a black tray
a tube snail in an aquarium exhibit, eating the mucus threads they cast out to catch detritus
an opalescent nudibranch with brown cerata on a giant kelp blade
a recently settled peanut worm larva under a microscope showing off how they feed
a tiny white sea cucumber, Eupentacta quinquesemita, on a piece of red kelp in an aquarium exhibit
a pair of noble dorid nudibranchs, "face-to-face" in an aquarium exhibit
a sticker that says "send nudis" with nudibranch sea slugs in it from the Paragon Dive Store
a thick clown dorid nudibranch in an aquarium exhibit
a purple dorid shaped plant holder with a succulent, a white sheep nudibranch shaped plant holder with a succulent, and a yellow dorid plant holder that is empty
a photo featuring 7 models of nudibranchs: Hopkin's rose nudibranch, California blue dorid, Clown dorid, Spanish shawl nudibranch, Opalescent nudibranch, Monterey sea lemon dorid, and a Branched dendronotus nudibranch
a super tiny spotted dorid on a giant kelp stipe
a small saltwater bin with a label that says "Joe Hendry" with a small, juvenile sunflower sea star in it
an orange colorful dirona in a sea grass exhibit with pipefish
an opalescent nudibranch (aka sea slug) on a dock rope overgrown with algae and other invertebrates
an orange california sea cucumber on a sandy seafloor, surrounded by various seaweeds and a pile of its own poop
a sea clown droid nudibranch in an aquarium exhibit among kelp, brittle stars, and sea anemones
super tiny settled sunflower sea stars in a dish for growing
a completely white albino redwood next to another regular redwood that the albino redwood has likely grafted its roots with so it can absorb resources from this other redwood since it can't photosynthesize
a Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea, which is a brightly colored sea slug with a purple body, red rhinophores, and orange cerata
a black-footed albatross taking off from the water with another black-footed albatross resting on the water behind them
a canada goose eating grass by a beach
dozens of drifting hydrozoan jellies known as by-the-wind sailors, or their scientific name Velella velella, swarming around dock pilings
a tiny brown slug, just living their best life
a giant slipper lobster larva, phyllosoma, that is too big to ride the pelagia jellyfish in our deep sea exhibit
a pair of young risso's dolphin calves with very visible fetal folds from being curled up in the womb
a massive slipper lobster larva aka phyllosoma drifting in a deep sea exhibit with a significantly smaller pelagia jellyfish with a bell size a little bigger than a quarter coin
a gray whale spouting at the surface with visible whale barnacles on their head
an exhibit with nausithoe crown jellyfish that look like cute little alien flying saucers
a banana slugs noming hard on a yellow violet flower
a noble sea lemon dorid, a type of nudibranch or sea slug, on a wharf piling surrounded by barnacles and pink sea anemones
an aeolid nudibranch or sea slug on the octocoral they eat with thick, clear cerata on their backs that allow you to see the yellow-ish white branching network of their digestive tracts throughout the cerata with a semi-translucent body that gives hints of their internal organs
an opalescent nudibranch, hermissenda opalescens, laying eggs on a piece of brown kelp
an opalescent nudibranch, hermissenda opalescens, and hooded nudibranch, melibe leonina, on a giant blade of kelp
a opalescent nudibranch, hermissenda opalescens, I. the muck on the side of a dock
a pair of yellow-edged dorids & noble sea lemon dorids mate with San Diego dorids hanging out nearby in a nudibranch aquarium exhibit
a super tiny Coryphella trilineata, three-lined aeolid, next to my thumb on a giant kelp blade
a pair of Cadlina luteomarginata, yellow-edged dorids, mating in a nudibranch exhibit with a Diaulula sandiegensis, San Diego dorid, butting in on them