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Observer

apteryx54

Date

March 18, 2021 10:51 AM NZDT

Description

Depth 3m

Okenia - Photo (c) tamsynmann, all rights reserved, uploaded by tamsynmann
c_carcharias's ID: Genus Okenia, a member of Nudibranchs (Order Nudibranchia)
Added on March 26, 2024
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Observer

apteryx54

Date

March 18, 2021 10:50 AM NZDT

Description

Depth 3m

Okenia - Photo (c) tamsynmann, all rights reserved, uploaded by tamsynmann
c_carcharias's ID: Genus Okenia, a member of Nudibranchs (Order Nudibranchia)
Added on March 26, 2024
Leading
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Observer

apteryx54

Date

March 18, 2021 10:42 AM NZDT

Description

Depth 3m

Okenia - Photo (c) tamsynmann, all rights reserved, uploaded by tamsynmann
c_carcharias's ID: Genus Okenia, a member of Nudibranchs (Order Nudibranchia)
Added on March 26, 2024
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Observer

apteryx54

Date

March 18, 2021 10:40 AM NZDT

Description

Depth 3m

Okenia - Photo (c) tamsynmann, all rights reserved, uploaded by tamsynmann
c_carcharias's ID: Genus Okenia, a member of Nudibranchs (Order Nudibranchia)
Added on March 26, 2024
Leading
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Photos / Sounds

Observer

apteryx54

Date

March 10, 2021 10:05 AM NZDT

Description

Pelagella sp. Length 3 to 4mm, depth 2m in shaded area. Juvenile? @clinton @jpsilva , ID please if possible.

Okenia - Photo (c) tamsynmann, all rights reserved, uploaded by tamsynmann
c_carcharias's ID: Genus Okenia, a member of Nudibranchs (Order Nudibranchia)
Added on March 26, 2024
Leading
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Observer

apteryx54

Date

March 13, 2021 09:02 AM NZDT

Description

Goniodoris sp. This one an adult with eggs. Approx 25mm long. Tried a few angles but no better high profile. @drmattnimbs @clinton @jpsilva castenea? nodosa? meracula? Thanks Richard

Okenia - Photo (c) tamsynmann, all rights reserved, uploaded by tamsynmann
c_carcharias's ID: Genus Okenia, a member of Nudibranchs (Order Nudibranchia)
Added on March 26, 2024
Maverick
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Photos / Sounds

Observer

apteryx54

Date

March 18, 2021 10:20 AM NZDT

Description

Goniodoris sp. Depth 3m

Okenia - Photo (c) tamsynmann, all rights reserved, uploaded by tamsynmann
c_carcharias's ID: Genus Okenia, a member of Nudibranchs (Order Nudibranchia)
Added on March 26, 2024
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Photos / Sounds

Observer

apteryx54

Date

January 16, 2023 08:09 AM NZDT

Description

4 juvenile Goniodoris sp. seen 16th and 18th January on host purple/yellow Botrylloides. The first one has rotated inside its "pit" in the ascidian between 16th and 18th Jan. Size 2.5- 3mm except for fourth photo slightly bigger at 4mm. Suspected adult and egg mass is as per my post 25 Mar 2021 (and another juvenile 18 Mar 21) Depth 5m. Several other individuals noted but difficult to photo.

Okenia - Photo (c) tamsynmann, all rights reserved, uploaded by tamsynmann
c_carcharias's ID: Genus Okenia, a member of Nudibranchs (Order Nudibranchia)
Added on March 26, 2024
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Photos / Sounds

Observer

apteryx54

Date

March 25, 2021 10:55 AM NZDT

Description

possibly juvenile Goniodoris sp. Size 2 to 3mm, Depth 3m, in association with ascidian Botrylloides sp.

Okenia - Photo (c) tamsynmann, all rights reserved, uploaded by tamsynmann
c_carcharias's ID: Genus Okenia, a member of Nudibranchs (Order Nudibranchia)
Added on March 26, 2024
Leading
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Photos / Sounds

What

Mottled Triplefin (Forsterygion capito)

Observer

benackerley

Date

October 5, 2019 07:19 PM NZDT
Mottled Triplefin - Photo (c) riroriro, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by riroriro
c_carcharias's ID: Mottled Triplefin (Forsterygion capito)
Added on February 27, 2024
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What

Mottled Triplefin (Forsterygion capito)

Observer

benackerley

Date

October 5, 2019 07:19 PM NZDT
Estuarine Triplefin - Photo (c) lcolmer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by lcolmer
c_carcharias's ID: Estuarine Triplefin (Forsterygion nigripenne)
Added on February 27, 2024
Maverick

Photos / Sounds

What

Mottled Triplefin (Forsterygion capito)

Observer

benackerley

Date

October 5, 2019 07:19 PM NZDT
Estuarine Triplefin - Photo (c) lcolmer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by lcolmer
c_carcharias's ID: Estuarine Triplefin (Forsterygion nigripenne)
Added on February 27, 2024
Maverick

Photos / Sounds

Observer

luca_dt

Date

January 3, 2024 11:27 AM NZDT

Description

Just saw this one floating around. It then landed on some seaweed.

Not many other nudibranchs around. Just a few gold margineds.

Janolus eximius - Photo (c) Luca Davenport-Thomas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Luca Davenport-Thomas
c_carcharias's ID: Janolus eximius, a member of Nudibranchs (Order Nudibranchia)
Added on January 3, 2024
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Observer

luca_dt

Date

January 3, 2024 05:06 PM NZDT

Description

Searched all over but just one at the good reef wall. Might even be the same individual I saw a month ago! Now even more spectacular fully grown.
I noticed when a fish attacked it or I nudged it, the slug would extend all its cerata out into a spike ball.

~3.5 cm long
~3 m subtidal

Janolus ignis - Photo (c) fun-gal-nz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by fun-gal-nz
c_carcharias's ID: Janolus ignis, a member of Nudibranchs (Order Nudibranchia)
Added on January 3, 2024
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Photos / Sounds

Observer

luca_dt

Date

October 22, 2023 07:16 PM NZDT

Description

Just one. I have it in my aquarium, but there seems to be no change of papillae shape. Lots of tests based on water flow, being squashed under a rock etc. It is not negatively phototaxic so it is hard to test for it crawling under a rock. Even when first found the papillae were spiky.
Overnight it made its way to the underside of the rock but didn't squeeze in and the papillae were still spiky.

Acanthodoris mollicella - Photo (c) Zachary Robertson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Zachary Robertson
c_carcharias's ID: Acanthodoris mollicella, a member of Nudibranchs (Order Nudibranchia)
Added on November 13, 2023
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Observer

luca_dt

Date

October 30, 2023 11:51 AM NZDT

Description

Very happy to find this one. Similar to some found under rocks up north. I wonder how much the environment affects their morphology.
Under a large rock on small cobbles. The same rock as the Janolus aff. hyalinus.

~1cm long
Shallow subtidal

Antiopella novozealandica - Photo (c) apteryx54, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by apteryx54
c_carcharias's ID: Antiopella novozealandica, a member of Silvertips (Genus Antiopella)
Added on November 13, 2023
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Observer

luca_dt

Date

November 1, 2023 01:16 PM NZDT

Description

The annual find for me. Hope there's more sooner than that!
Just saw the one.

~1.2cm long
~2m subtidal

Tularia bractea - Photo (c) johno34, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
c_carcharias's ID: Tularia bractea, a member of Nudibranchs (Order Nudibranchia)
Added on November 13, 2023
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What

Variable Nudibranch (Aphelodoris luctuosa)

Observer

luca_dt

Date

November 13, 2023 10:31 AM NZDT

Description

Just saw one.

Also saw a few T. flemingi, many large gold margineds, and a Trapania rudmani which was floating in the water near a reef wall far out.

Variable Nudibranch - Photo (c) Jared Waters, all rights reserved, uploaded by Jared Waters
c_carcharias's ID: Variable Nudibranch (Aphelodoris luctuosa)
Added on November 13, 2023
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Observer

luca_dt

Date

November 13, 2023 11:08 AM NZDT

Description

Rare at this spot. At the far reef.

~1.5cm long
~3m subtidal

Cadlina willani - Photo (c) Jared Waters, all rights reserved, uploaded by Jared Waters
c_carcharias's ID: Cadlina willani, a member of Nudibranchs (Order Nudibranchia)
Added on November 13, 2023
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Photos / Sounds

Observer

luca_dt

Date

November 13, 2023 10:45 AM NZDT

Description

Two tiny ones on a fittingly small Catenicellidae bryozoan bush.
At the far reef.

~5mm long
~1m subtidal

Janolus eximius - Photo (c) Luca Davenport-Thomas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Luca Davenport-Thomas
c_carcharias's ID: Janolus eximius, a member of Nudibranchs (Order Nudibranchia)
Added on November 13, 2023
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What

Northern New Zealand Plover (Anarhynchus obscurus ssp. aquilonius)

Observer

clinton

Date

October 16, 2022 07:04 AM NZDT
Northern New Zealand Plover - Photo (c) Finn Davey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Finn Davey
c_carcharias's ID: Northern New Zealand Plover (Anarhynchus obscurus ssp. aquilonius)
Added on October 30, 2023
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Observer

apteryx54

Date

October 14, 2023 07:13 AM NZDT

Description

Not previously recorded in Dunedin area to our knowledge. Two specimens sighted 30mm and 25mm, depth 15m

Polycera maddoxi - Photo (c) judyo1, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
c_carcharias's ID: Polycera maddoxi, a member of Nudibranchs (Order Nudibranchia)
Added on October 16, 2023
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Observer

apteryx54

Date

September 2, 2023 08:50 AM NZST

Description

Bifurcated right hand side rhinophore. Depth 4m. Length 12mm

Caldukia albolineata - Photo (c) apteryx54, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by apteryx54
c_carcharias's ID: Caldukia albolineata, a member of Nudibranchs (Order Nudibranchia)
Added on October 13, 2023
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What

Genus Doto

Observer

apteryx54

Date

August 31, 2023 01:33 PM NZST

Description

similar to previous sightings as per posts 23May23, 4May23. Length 4mm

Doto - Photo (c) Donna Pomeroy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Donna Pomeroy
c_carcharias's ID: Genus Doto, a member of Nudibranchs (Order Nudibranchia)
Added on October 13, 2023
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What

Pacific Bottletail (Sepioloidea pacifica)

Observer

apteryx54

Date

August 31, 2023 01:56 PM NZST

Description

Unusual to see during daytime. Under jetty so low light. Depth 3m. Quite a lot of separate egg masses on jetty piles.

Pacific Bottletail - Photo (c) Sarah Milicich, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Sarah Milicich
c_carcharias's ID: Pacific Bottletail (Sepioloidea pacifica)
Added on October 13, 2023
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Photos / Sounds

Observer

apteryx54

Date

September 22, 2023 07:14 AM NZST

Description

Depth 5m, length ~40mm, see also 11 Dec 2020 https://inaturalist.nz/observations/66385499

Antiopella novozealandica - Photo (c) apteryx54, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by apteryx54
c_carcharias's ID: Antiopella novozealandica, a member of Silvertips (Genus Antiopella)
Added on October 13, 2023
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Observer

apteryx54

Date

September 23, 2023 06:12 AM NZST

Description

Group of 4 on one rock, depth 8m, high surge area

Coryphellina albomarginata - Photo (c) Jean Roger, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Jean Roger
c_carcharias's ID: Coryphellina albomarginata, a member of Aeolid Nudibranchs (Superfamily Aeolidioidea)
Added on October 13, 2023
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Observer

apteryx54

Date

October 7, 2023 07:50 AM NZDT

Description

First photo is with my gloved index finger for some sense of scale. Curious to know collective thoughts on what the other orange with white spicules might be. Juvenile Coryphellina ? Hydroid gonophores although the orange and white things are quite a bit bigger than the hydroid polyps, something else? These photos are of two individual Coryphellina from two locations several metres apart but both locations have these associated orange/white objects.

Coryphellina albomarginata - Photo (c) Jean Roger, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Jean Roger
c_carcharias's ID: Coryphellina albomarginata, a member of Aeolid Nudibranchs (Superfamily Aeolidioidea)
Added on October 13, 2023
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Observer

apteryx54

Date

September 7, 2023 07:17 AM NZST

Description

see also @c_carcharias https://inaturalist.nz/observations/182151050 Looks a bit like Antiopella sp. Silvertips but more Galeojanolus sp. Does not look like our Galeojanolus ionnae

Galeojanolus - Photo (c) Phil Bendle, all rights reserved, uploaded by Phil Bendle
c_carcharias's ID: Genus Galeojanolus, a member of Nudibranchs (Order Nudibranchia)
Added on September 8, 2023
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Observer

apteryx54

Date

September 7, 2023 07:17 AM NZST

Description

see also @c_carcharias https://inaturalist.nz/observations/182151050 Looks a bit like Antiopella sp. Silvertips but more Galeojanolus sp. Does not look like our Galeojanolus ionnae

Janolidae - Photo (c) Marco Mazza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Marco Mazza
c_carcharias's ID: Family Janolidae, a member of Nudibranchs (Order Nudibranchia)
Added on September 7, 2023
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