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Nudibranch html galleries
NB: 'sp G2' (eg Armina sp G2) refers to the numbering in Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification - Indo-Pacific by Gosliner, Valdes and Behrens for the 2015-19 galleries, and in Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and Sea Slugs by Gosliner, Behrens and Valdes below that
Triton Bay 2019 - 150 pictures, 96
species
Lembeh 2018 - 250 pictures, 139
species
Anilao 2017 - 300 pictures, 172
species (23 new for me)
Alor 2017 - 250 pictures, 154
species (23 new)
Triton Bay 2016 - 250 pictures, 169
species (53 new)
Philippines 2016 - 300 pictures, 252
species
Amazing Dave Berhens workshop in Anilao with over 280 species, (87 new)
Many IDs and new species for Anilao confirmed by Terry Gosliner (= sp new TG)
Philippines 2015 - 60 pictures, 40
species
Palau 2015 - 15 pictures, 10
species
General diving trip so only 46 species, (3 new)
Lembeh 2015 - 250 pictures, 187
species
Overall 230 species, (about 45 new), many unidentified
Lembeh 2013 - 250 pictures, 181
species (Dave Berhens workshop)
Overall 216 species, (about 50 new), many unidentified
Raja Ampat 2013 - 70 pictures, 45
species (Indo Siren: Misool, Dampier Strait)
Ambon 2013 - 125 pictures, 58
species
Not so much nudibranch hunting as distracted by the lovely
mantas and scenic reefs so only 86 species,
(9 new)
Sangeang 2012 - 150 pictures, 143
species (Cheng Ho: mainly around Sangeang, but
also a day at Wainilu, Rinca and three days around Bima and north
east Sumbawa)
Bali 2012 - 150 pictures, 132 species
The total for the 2012 trip
was an amazing 356 species, (145 new)
Some are shown beside
a millimetre marked ruler for scale
The above trips have not been added to
the databases below
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Taxonomic classification
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Click here to visit the second
section of this website - all species divided by order, family and
genus
Continue here for the previous area
based groupings -
I hope this website will be a useful
reference for the many nudibranch fanatics around the world. I use the term 'nudibranch' in
the layman's reference to all the animals in the Opistobranchia
subclass of the phylum Mollusca, rather than restricting it to the
order Nudibranchia only. Sea slugs is another
all-encompassing common name.
I was introduced to nudibranchs when I started taking macro
pictures back in 1985. These pages catalogue some of the hundreds of
nudibranchs I have seen and photographed in more
than 4,300 hours of diving in over
twenty countries. Some of these countries are not represented here due
to most of the diving there being research or other work, and so I was
not taking pictures for my own use.
Indonesia 1 is from
three intensive weeks in March 2004 at Lembeh Straits, N Sulawesi,
along with a couple of days there in November 2007. The latter were
part of a trip to N Sulawesi, based on Bunaken Island, and visiting Bangka Island as well. See Indonesia 2, which includes
eight pictures from November 1994.
Indonesia 3 is from a
productive twelve day liveaboard in April 2007 to West Papua (formerly Irian
Jaya). This followed an amazing week at Scuba Seraya, NE Bali, which combined with a
few days there in 2005 makes Indonesia 4.
Indonesia 5 is from three
liveaboards around the Komodo, Rinca
and W Flores areas in May 2005 (two weeks),
December 2009 (three weeks) and June 2011 (ten days, part of a great
Nudibranch Workshop with Christiane Waldrich and Dave
Behrens), along with a few days in
March 2000.
Indonesia 6 is from six days continuing on the Workshop in June/July 2011
around Sangeang and Bima Bay, NE
Sumbawa, along with one great dive in March
2000.
Malaysia 1 is from three
busy weeks in October 2002 at Mantanani Island, NW Sabah.
Thailand is from four
weeks in March and April 2008 at the Similan and Surin Islands, and
Richelieu Rock, Andaman Sea, combined with a shorter trip in
2002.
Philippines 1 is from
two weeks in May
2009 at Anilao, Batangas and Puerto
Galera, Mindoro and Philippines 2 is from
over two weeks in
February/March 2012
at Puerto
Princesa, Palawan and Dumagete/Dauin, Negros.
All the above sections are grouped into families.
The other sections extend this over other areas where I have
dived, including some older ones with little nudibranch hunting, to
give a total of 2,530 pictures of 493
species.
The identifications cannot be completely accurate (sometimes
without dissection of samples to study the radula or teeth), but are
done to the best of my abilities, with help from various websites and
books, as detailed on the Links page, along with several nudibranch
experts – thank you to them for their help. Some identifications have been amended by the Nudi Pixel experts.
Please contact me if you find any errors or have any comments, or
if you want any other information about these pages, or if you would
like to use any of the pictures or purchase prints of them.
Anthony Holley
info@holleyuwphoto.com
Places to visit in this website:
Canada - Quadra Island and Browning
Passage, Vancouver Island - 19 pictures of 13 species
from 2003
Caribbean,
S & E - Curacao (2000), Bonaire
(2004) and
Dominica (2006) -
16 pictures of 3 species
Egypt 1 - Sharm el Sheikh and Abu Nuhas
areas of the Northern Red Sea - 47 pictures of 15
species from 1988, 2001, 2006 and
2008
Egypt 2 - Nuweiba area of the Gulf of
Aqaba - 38 pictures of
16 species from 2011
Indonesia 1 - Lembeh Straits, NE Sulawesi
- 200 pictures of 92 species
from 2004 and 2007
Indonesia 2 - Bunaken and Bangka Islands,
N Sulawesi - 158
pictures of 59 species from 1994 and 2007
Indonesia 3 - Kaimana, Fakfak, Misool to
Sorong, West Papua (formerly Irian Jaya) - 141 pictures of 67 species from
2007
Indonesia 4 - NE Bali - 158
pictures of 65 species from 2005 and 2007
Indonesia 5 - Komodo,
Rinca and West Flores - 581
pictures of 213 species from
2000, 2005, 2009
and 2011
Indonesia 6 - Sangeang and
Bima Bay, NE Sumbawa - 262
pictures of 142 species from 2000 and 2011 Indonesia 7 - Alor and East Flores - 40
pictures of 33 species from 2000 and 2005
Indonesia 8 - Celebes Sea (1990), Ambon (1994), Java Sea (1996), Banda Sea (2000), and Wakatobi, SE Sulawesi
(2001) - 17 pictures of 13
species
Malaysia 1 - Mantanani Island, off NW
Sabah - 72 pictures of 62 species
from 2002
Malaysia 2 - Mabul, Kapali and Sipadan
Islands, off E Sabah - 39 pictures of 25 species from
1995, 1996, 1999 and 2001
Malaysia 3 - Royal Charlotte Reef in the
South China Sea - 6 pictures of 5 species from 1989 and
1990
Mexico - Sea of Cortez - 19 pictures of 14 species from 1990
Papua New Guinea - Milne Bay, D'Entrecasteaux and
Eastern Fields areas - 13 pictures of 12 species from
1997
Philippines 1 - Anilao,
Batangas and Puerto Galera,
Mindoro - 189 pictures of 79
species from 2009
Philippines 2
- Puerto Princesa, Palawan and
Dumagete/Dauin, Negros - 157 pictures of 59
species from 2012
Seychelles - Mahe Island - 24 pictures
of 20 species from 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1992
Thailand - Similan and Surin Islands, and
Richelieu Rock - 125 pictures of
37 species from 2002 and 2008
United Kingdom 1 - Falmouth, Plymouth, Swanage and Weymouth, S England and West
Wales - 40 pictures of
15 species from 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2010
United Kingdom 2 - Farne Islands, NE England -
29 pictures of 10 species from 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007
United Kingdom 3 - St Abbs, SE Scotland - 65
pictures of 18 species from 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007
United Kingdom
4 - Outer
Hebrides, NW Scotland - 75 pictures of 32
species from 2010
All text and photographs
are copyrighted
© 1985 - 2019 Anthony Holley
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