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October 2, 2023
07:09 PM ACDT
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March 3, 2024
04:31 PM AEDT
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July 3, 2021
01:30 PM -03
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December 18, 2023
05:48 AM UTC
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July 17, 2020
04:04 AM JST
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April 7, 2023
08:07 AM UTC
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February 12, 2024
09:59 PM ACDT
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November 9, 2023
05:40 AM UTC
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April 5, 2022
09:59 PM SAST
Description
Not in any local reference books.
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December 26, 2023
01:50 AM UTC
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December 5, 2022
08:58 PM AEST
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October 30, 2022
10:45 AM ACDT
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October 30, 2022
10:23 AM ACDT
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July 10, 2022
12:18 PM ACST
Description
Found on a working jetty, may be introduced.
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January 24, 2024
11:33 AM AEDT
Description
Tiny speck size nudibranch in rock pool
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January 23, 2024
10:30 PM ACDT
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May 22, 2023
11:21 PM UTC
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June 22, 2023
09:52 PM AWST
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December 26, 2020
05:52 PM AEDT
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September 20, 2022
02:56 PM AEST
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January 5, 2024
07:56 PM ACDT
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December 14, 2023
10:52 PM PST
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August 21, 2020
04:22 PM HST
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November 7, 2021
05:01 AM UTC
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November 13, 2021
02:29 AM UTC
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January 13, 2019
07:22 PM ACDT
Description
Crosslandia cf viridis (undescribed)
Found by J. Baker in sample of Zonaria from 8m deep, collected under permit by L. Baade.
Identity by R. Burn.
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December 14, 2023
10:15 PM PST
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August 23, 2023
02:09 AM UTC
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November 29, 2023
08:38 AM UTC
Description
There is a nudibranch hiding in the top left of the image.
The spirals are its egg ribbons.
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April 8, 2021
04:37 PM AEST
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February 26, 2021
11:51 PM UTC
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July 26, 2023
08:55 PM AEST
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December 10, 2023
06:35 PM AEDT
Description
too small and black to identify, but you can see the branchs in the photos. Any ideas?
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December 4, 2023
11:58 PM ACDT
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November 24, 2023
03:47 AM UTC
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November 16, 2023
06:06 AM UTC
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October 29, 2021
05:32 AM UTC
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November 10, 2023
08:47 PM AEST
Description
Approx 5mm.
I believe it is Siphopteron sp. RB1 of Robert Burn, Nudibranchs and Related Molluscs.
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November 12, 2023
04:55 AM UTC
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November 1, 2023
06:56 PM AEDT
Description
Ledges dive site
IDing the sea star
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November 2, 2023
12:24 PM AEDT
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November 5, 2022
05:58 PM AEDT
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June 3, 2022
02:01 AM UTC
Description
This Trinchesia was being predated by Gymnodoris alba
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October 15, 2023
05:14 AM UTC
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September 6, 2022
08:30 AM PDT
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July 1, 2023
05:15 PM MDT
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October 10, 2023
10:16 PM UTC
Description
Any insights on this one appreciated. It has local experts stumped
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October 8, 2023
05:45 AM UTC
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March 4, 2022
10:02 PM UTC
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October 1, 2023
07:13 PM AEDT
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May 17, 2021
02:04 PM AEST
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August 29, 2020
10:24 PM HST
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December 14, 2020
12:39 PM AEDT
Description
please note th eribbon of eggs on the side of the nudibranch
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August 27, 2021
10:53 AM AEST
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September 20, 2023
07:02 AM UTC
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September 19, 2023
02:41 AM UTC
Description
Almost certain is a Tergipes genus but can’t identify the species. The egg cases don’t match with the species that have already been posted. Any ideas?
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August 5, 2023
07:36 PM AEST
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July 2, 2023
06:05 PM AEST
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May 15, 2023
09:14 PM AEST
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May 17, 2023
03:34 PM AEST
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April 29, 2023
03:20 PM AEST
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April 24, 2023
07:19 AM AEST
Description
SPECIES: Cerberilla incola
LOCATION: Teahouse Reef Nth, Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary
QTY: x1
LENGTH: ~20mm
DEPTH: <1m
HABITAT: Sandy bottom, near seagrass beds
BEHAVIOUR:
CAMERA: Sony DSC-W350 w/Sony housing
IMAGES: x2
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March 8, 2023
12:48 AM UTC
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April 14, 2023
08:49 PM NZST
Description
Saw two over about 50m.
Medium strength southerly.
Left-handed type.
There was a cool cirolanid isopod stuck on one but it was dead sadly, looked like it may have been stung. I think it was probably caught near shore. No other Neuston life seen.
Imaged in aquarium
~7cm long float
~40cm long tentacles not fully extended
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April 18, 2023
10:46 PM NZST
Description
Again a few active ones at night. I got 'stung' again and no pain. This one is strange with the orange dots all over. perhaps part of a stage in reproduction.
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June 2, 2019
05:12 AM AEST
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April 16, 2023
07:51 AM AEST
Description
SPECIES: Colpodaspis sp RB2 ?
NOTES: Undescribed species Colpodaspis sp RB2 ?
LOCATION: Teahouse Reef Nth, Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary
QTY: x1
LENGTH: <5mm
DEPTH: ~2m
WATER TEMP: 18ºC
HABITAT: Rocky Reef w/medium algae cover/growth
BEHAVIOUR: Slow movement
CAMERA: Olympus TG4 (w/Sea Frogs housing)
IMAGES: x6
PROJECT: Melbourne Sea Slug Census (Apr 2023)
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February 15, 2019
09:57 PM AEST
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April 15, 2023
04:31 AM UTC
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April 5, 2023
07:28 PM AEST
Description
IDing the orange sea spider
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February 28, 2023
07:24 PM ACDT
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April 9, 2023
06:22 PM AEST
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April 9, 2023
04:55 AM UTC
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April 3, 2023
10:10 AM ACST
Description
Size 40mm. Feeding. Several specimens. On jetty pylon. temp 18c.
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March 20, 2023
01:14 AM AEDT
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March 18, 2023
07:33 PM AEDT
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March 5, 2023
10:18 AM AEDT
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January 9, 2021
08:06 AM AEST
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February 13, 2023
01:42 PM AEDT
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February 7, 2023
02:35 PM AEDT
Description
Night dive on The Ozone shipwreck
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February 9, 2023
10:37 AM AWST
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February 9, 2023
10:40 AM AWST
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February 9, 2023
03:58 PM AWST
Description
1977 film scan. Date show is approximate.
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December 5, 2020
10:35 PM AEDT
Description
Marine Research Group of the FNCV fieldtrip.
Seen together with other MRG members.
One individual seen.
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February 7, 2023
03:40 PM AEDT
Description
IDing the striped arms sticking out of the sand
St Leonards pier night dive
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March 4, 2022
10:04 PM UTC
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January 28, 2023
07:00 PM AEDT
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January 26, 2023
03:31 PM AEDT
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January 15, 2023
01:23 PM AEDT
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January 16, 2023
05:35 PM AEDT
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August 28, 2020
11:41 AM BST
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January 11, 2023
08:48 PM AEDT
Description
brooding embryos in his mouth
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April 17, 2021
07:59 AM AEST
Description
Marine leech I found underneath a rock, at low tide.
Ca. 25 mm when out of water, to ca. 45 mm when in water.
Using the key in Burreson (2020, Invertebrate Systematics 34), keys to Pontobdella. Unfortunately my images don't show the oral suckers clearly, and I don't know if paired eyespots are present or not. Possibly P. moorei or P. leucothela, based on species that have been recorded in Victoria.
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January 4, 2023
08:01 PM NZDT
Description
Finally a nice big adult. They are extraordinarily beautiful.
This one was sitting on a small bush of Catenicellid bryozoans, but surrounded by quite a few other bushes.
I also saw a smaller red one in a separate bryozoan (Last image).
~3.5cm long
~3m subtidal
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January 2, 2023
03:09 PM AEDT
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December 23, 2022
07:05 PM ACDT
Description
2 sea spiders
Under a rock in the intertidal zone.
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April 13, 2020
12:32 AM UTC
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March 3, 2020
12:56 PM AEDT
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December 26, 2022
12:36 AM AEDT
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December 11, 2022
01:20 PM AEDT