I feel like I really need to learn my aeolids. I have been frustrated by them lately. I used to call everything with a purple stripe down its back “Flabellina rubrolineata” but that name doesn’t even exist anymore and it has been exploded into many species. I feel like I need my own little special lookup section that describes the differences in “Pam terms”. Or maybe I just need to wait for NSSI 3rd Edition.
It is actually sunny this morning. Woot!
Max and Lauren are leaving today and flying to Bali before heading to England. I am just so in awe of them owning and running this place. So cool.
I dove without my hood on the first two morning dives. I practiced using my snoot. It is a lot of work!
Once in a lifetime nudi on the night dive: Sagaminopteron ornatum. So cool. I took so many photos of it. I told Nikko it was like ice cream! We had to savor it and look at it from every angle. So cool.
Oh, I looked it up and I have seen it before, but still. It FEELS like a once in a lifetime nudi.
Snap, Crackle, Pop – here’s the list:
200 - Phyllidia willani
201 - Hypselodoris bullockii
202 - Goniobranchus kuniei
203 - Dermatobranchus tuberculatus
204 - Dermatobranchus sp. 16
205 - Sagaminopteron ornatum
Love the last one- the purple one 💜
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