Phidiana indica

Ilan Lubitz Nudibranch Phidiana indica Anilao Philippines. Nikon D3X. 60mm. SB-105.

Ilan Lubitz Nudibranch Phidiana indica Anilao Philippines. Nikon D3X. 60mm. SB-105.

Tine Kinn Kvamme Phidiana indica laying eggs. Koh Tao, Thailand. Canon G12 in Canon housing. Internal flash + handheld torch.

Gary Cobb I do believe this is know as Phidiana indica

Gary Cobb Beautiful shot!

Tine Kinn Kvamme Thank you! :) I´ve called it Phidiana too, Gary. Just had a look at WoRMS and it said Caloria. Do you know the right ?

Gary Cobb According to Dr Richard Willan the correct genus is Phidiana. WoRMS is riddled with errors, sorry to say. Take this information with 'a grain of salt' and seek other sources or just ask a expert. I am no expert just a gentleman scientist that has had his nose into Nudibranch for the past 10 and half years. I learn from people above me. if all people shared knowledge we would have to look a little further until we as individuals were happy with the outcome. Science is always evolving. I guess the same could said for Cuthona versus Trinchesia. I go by the latest scientific paper and what Richard Willan has told me and use Trinchesia and Phidiana. Good luck!

Tine Kinn Kvamme I agree 100 % :) I´m no expert and still learning. I like the Phidiana name. It´s the one that has been stuck in my head for a few years :)

Gary Cobb Until something proves it different go with what you are happy with.

Tine Kinn Kvamme Thanks Gary for your info. I´ll go with Trinchesia too. I´ll post one soon :)

Gary Cobb Great to hear!

Kadu Pinheiro nice one !!

Kristin Anderson Is this Phidiana indica? | Lembeh

Bernard Picton Yes, a really well-marked individual, nice photo.

Tine Kinn Kvamme Phidiana indica nudibranch on red sponge. Koh Tao, Thailand. Canon G12, internal flash.

Tine Kinn Kvamme Phidiana indica nudibranch. "Hanging on by a thread" Koh Tao, Thailand. Canon G12, internal flash + torch.

Giorgio Cavallaro (y)

Ilan Lubitz Nudibranch Phidiana indica Anilao Philippines. Nikon D3X. 60mm. SB-105.

Ilan Lubitz Nudibranch Phidiana indica Anilao Philippines. Nikon D3X. 60mm. SB-105.

Adriano Morettin Phidiana indica Papua New Guinea, Bismark Sea. Nikon D3x, Nikon 105 micro in Seacam housing. 1/125 f.22

Marco Maccarelli Bellissima Adriano!!

Gino Symus So nice!

Ken Thongpila Just checking out beautiful photos in the past months... bring back to show new members :-)

John de Jong Nice, with a snoot on your flash?

Adriano Morettin No, only flash by night dive.

Ilan Lubitz Nudibranch Phidiana indica Anilao Philippines. Nikon D3X. 60mm. SB-105.

Gianni Cicalese Phidiana indica - Gili Lavalaut - Komodo National Park - Indonesia - Canon EOS500D Nimar Housing - ef-S 60 Macro - 2 x Inon Z-240

Tine Kinn Kvamme Phidiana indica laying eggs. Koh Tao, Thailand. Canon G12 in Canon housing. Internal flash + handheld torch.

Gary Cobb I do believe this is know as Phidiana indica

Gary Cobb Beautiful shot!

Tine Kinn Kvamme Thank you! :) I´ve called it Phidiana too, Gary. Just had a look at WoRMS and it said Caloria. Do you know the right ?

Gary Cobb According to Dr Richard Willan the correct genus is Phidiana. WoRMS is riddled with errors, sorry to say. Take this information with 'a grain of salt' and seek other sources or just ask a expert. I am no expert just a gentleman scientist that has had his nose into Nudibranch for the past 10 and half years. I learn from people above me. if all people shared knowledge we would have to look a little further until we as individuals were happy with the outcome. Science is always evolving. I guess the same could said for Cuthona versus Trinchesia. I go by the latest scientific paper and what Richard Willan has told me and use Trinchesia and Phidiana. Good luck!

Tine Kinn Kvamme I agree 100 % :) I´m no expert and still learning. I like the Phidiana name. It´s the one that has been stuck in my head for a few years :)

Gary Cobb Until something proves it different go with what you are happy with.

Tine Kinn Kvamme Thanks Gary for your info. I´ll go with Trinchesia too. I´ll post one soon :)

Gary Cobb Great to hear!

Kadu Pinheiro nice one !!

Andrew Trevor-Jones Any ideas on what this nudibranch would be? It looks like it could be Flabellina, Facelina or even something else. Taken in Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia. I'm sorry the quality of these photos are not great. The nudibranch was walking along algae that was moving a lot with the surge.

Karolyn Landat Yes! I think I know what it is, but I can't remember the name! We found something very similar up at Nelson Bay on the weekend (& once before) & found it in Coleman's. Can let you know when I get home...favorinus spp comes to mind... (Sebastien do you remember??)

Sebastien Landat Hi Andrew Trevor Jones, I think it's a Facelina Indian Phidiana.

Karolyn Landat That's it! (Yours looks exactly like the one on the 2nd row, RHS, pg 272 of Coleman's!)

Andrew Trevor-Jones Seb, do you mean Phidiana indica? http://www.seaslugforum.net/showall/phidindi

Sebastien Landat Yes, that's what I meant.

Gary Cobb This cant be Phidiana indica, the rhinophore are not smooth! I would say this could be a Facelinidae sp.

Andrew Trevor-Jones Thanks, Gary.

Gary Cobb Your welcome!

Sven Kahlbrock More form Bubble Island

Karine Maurice maybe you can try ti make one pic with all this serie?

Marco Paravella Super shot

João Pedro Silva Is it Phidiana indica?

Sven Kahlbrock Yes João.

Sven Kahlbrock And the Mirror goes on, smile

David Kipling Phidiana indica?

Sven Kahlbrock Jep

Sven Kahlbrock still at Thistlegorm under Bubble inside

Sven Kahlbrock " In the Mirror" Nudi floating on bubble. Olympus sp350, F8/ 1/350 light with Led Torch

Marco Paravella great shot

Jack de Vries wow magnificent

Doug Anderson Floating on a bubble? Yeah, right...

Aqua Soul Must be one of those bubbles without curvature.

Sven Kahlbrock Was in the wreck of thistlegorm and i flipped the pic for 180 degree

Holvoet Bart i'll look for this one when i'm there...13/5--20/5

Doug Anderson So..the nudi was upside down crawling along a bubble of trapped air inside the wreck?

Aqua Soul Sven, not saying you are lying, but its just a hard imagine to figure out so would love some more detail. More or less how big in dimension was this nudi and how big was the bubble? In the reflection the left oral tentacle curls down, so one would expect the real one would be curling up at the end. Why do you think its not so? And why do you think the foot of the nudi didn't show up in the reflections?

Doug Anderson Yes, good questions. I'd be interested to know more about your light source and exposure. How powerful is your LED torch? It must be extremely powerful to provide adequate lighting at 1/350 f8.

Ashley Missen Nice work Sven

Sven Kahlbrock so it was upside down crawling on a big bubble of trapped air inside the captains bridge. the nudi is aprox 3cm long.there were two of this kind. Phidiana indica and one Tambia limanciformis. but this was the best shot. not that easy, cause all the time i exhaled my bubbles made them drift away. and for sure there was lots of rust in the water too.

Sven Kahlbrock the Led is a metalsub 7.2 with 18 watt power led´s

Sven Kahlbrock Holvoet Bart, you gonna enjoy the north right now. there are lots of nudis at thistlegorm right now. found Tambia affinis, T. limanciformis, than the Phidiana, Hypselodoris maridardillus and some other in 3 dives. in shaab machmudad, where you have the wreck of Emperor Frazer i had some nice ones too. so have fun

Sven Kahlbrock Aqua Soul, the tentacle on the left is pointing to the friont, so you can not see it from this perspective, so it seems, that the mirror is pointing down, had some problems to imagine that in the beginning to and thought it must be missing, but it is there.

Sven Kahlbrock and the foot you see is only the reflection

Ken Thongpila Nice job Sven, I saw similar situation in Bunaken wall and I know, it have to plus luck and patient with that too. I don't even get shot close like that.. Well Done mate :-)

Douglas Hoffman wonderful

Aqua Soul Thank you fro helping me understand the image better Sven, great work!

Sven Kahlbrock Aqua Soul, your wellcome. ;-)

Mathias Böhm Congrats! Cool pic.

Ning Chang

Ning Chang Nice to find a group that loves Nudis....plenty more to share but I better pace my uploads so as not to swamp the wall....

Roy Arthur David Lontoh Is this phydia indica?

Gary Cobb For sure Phidiana indica (Bergh, 1896)

Imade Widana Today dive at Padangbai with G12

Ron Silver Phidiana indica

Imade Widana Thanks Ron, new nudi of my collection

Ron Silver :-D

Gary Cobb Has anyone heard anything as far as the validity to the genus change of Phidiana indica to Caloria indica?

Blogie Robillo Haven't even heard of the change of genus... Sheesh...

Blogie Robillo Any online reference, Gary?

Gary Cobb I was given this link to WORMs from Jim Anderson and never heard anything! http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181240

Gary Cobb I've been told not to rely on this site for real valid information.

Blogie Robillo EOL lists P. indica as Caloria indica, and Phidiana as a synonym.

Christopher Thorn Hi guys, any info on this much appreciated. Long Dong, Canyons, Taiwan. about 20 mm, 8 m. 26 degrees C.

Jeff Rosenfeld Phidiana indica (Bergh, 1896) Also known as Caloria indica

Sven Kahlbrock More from the bubble island

Ajiex Dharma Caloria indica isn't it? Luv it.

Sven Kahlbrock Phidiana indica now.

Boris Hallermann Hast du die auf nen Spiegel gestetz??? :)

Sven Kahlbrock No, was sitting on a bubble;-P

O Gajo Dos Olivais lol

Harald Schottner

Sven Kahlbrock should be Caloria indica

Gary Cobb The genus Caloria is out of date, the species is called Phidiana indica (Bergh, 1896)

Daniel Geary Phidiana indica. Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia. 11/14/2011. 15 m depth, approx 20-30 mm long.

Ariel Lee Phidiana indica

Stefan Follows Nudibranch - Phidiana indica Samran, Gulf of Thailand Canon G10, WP DC28, Inon D2000, Inon UCL 165 f8, 1/250, ISO 80 This dive site has a very large ghost net across the top from 14-20m which is a big shame. however, it's been in place for a couple of years now and there are large numbers of hydroids on it....meal time for some nudi's :/

Kati Burg Phidiana sp.?, Found at 15m depth, size about 3 cm, Romblon Island, Philippines

Vishal Bhave Phidiana indica?

Kati Burg We found at least 5 Phidiana indica nearby (on the same rope). They all looked different from the nudibranch in the photo: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=550988291591191&set=a.550984911591529.1073741825.184660758223948&type=3&theater

Vishal Bhave http://seaslugs.free.fr/nudibranche/a_caloria_indica.htm

Kati Burg Thank you!

Giorgio Russo another nudi around Koh Tang island, Cambodia. dept 10 to 12 m. wow!

Gary Cobb As far as I know this species is called Phidiana indica. Has anyone written a paper to prove other wise??