Raffaele LivorneseFlabellina Babai,
Nikon D90 in Hugyfot housing, Nikkor 105 VR, F/16, 1/250 sec., Iso 100, 2 x Inon Z240, Subsee +10
Yutaka Takizawa Good Shoot
Scubashooters Dot Net Ciao Raffaele!!! Bella supermacro! Vienici a trovare anche sul sito!!!! www.scubashooters.net!!!! e facci sapere cosa ne pensi!!! Ciao!!!!
Gabriella LuongoFlabellina babai, Banco di Santa Croce (NA)
Manuel Martínez Chacón Very beautiful.
Gabriella Luongo Thanks! :)
Manuel Martínez Chacón Soon this specie will change his name based on the last molecular investigations.
Gabriella Luongo Really?what kind of molecular investigations?
Manuel Martínez Chacón Some scientist are analizing DNA of some species of nudibranch to know if is necesary a re-definition. But this study is not ended yet, so we must call this nudibranch "Flabellina babai" until the study be published.
Gabriella Luongo I am interested in this kind of studies :) I am looking forward to knowing more about that! :)
Marco Paravella Livorno (Italy)-Calafuria-f40-1/250-sea&sea 110-nikon 105-D7000 Flabellina Babai
Bloc Dixhuit dancing seaslug !
Marco Paravella Thanks Bloc Dixhuit
Nadia Chiesi ... qui non si scherza ! Great ! :-)
Marco Paravella Grazie Nadia
Davide Lopresti f 40 ?????
Marco Paravella si provavo......è uscita.........i flasch erano praticamente attaccati alla babai....ciao Davide Lopresti
Davide Lopresti mmmmmm...
Marco Paravella non ci credi...guarda i dati exif su flickr.........ciao Davide Lopresti
Davide Lopresti no no, ci credo, si vede chiaramente dalla scarsa nitidezza della foto, non condivido molto lo scattare a f40 su una reflex a formato ridotto...
Nadia Chiesi ... ecco che esce l'anima del Prof ! :-))))) Perdonalo Marco ! ;-)
Marco Paravella sono nelle prove...sto provando di tutto ultimamente.....volevo arrivare al nero di fondo....questa domenica sono sceso a 36 e 32 ....sta tutto nel posizionamento dei flesch credo
Nadia Chiesi ... Marco ... solo un'dea, fai anche una prova ... con tempi più veloci ! .... adesso mi aspetto una rispostaccia dal Prof ! :-(
Davide Lopresti volevo solo capire, non era per fare polemica, giuro, cmq si sta tutto nella posizione , angolo, distanza e potenza dei flash e diaframma della macchina :-)
Davide Lopresti Si Nadia ti becchi una rispostaccia di quelle bruttissime...
Nadia Chiesi Davide, lo sapevo ... ma a me piace anche 1/320 ! :-)) Cmq a noi piace imparare, perciò quando dici la TUA .. non è certo polemica ! Anzi ! Grazie ! Ciao
Marco Paravella Davide Lopresti non pensare che la leggo come una polemica, se non mi insegnate voi chi mi deve insegnare, non ho ancora fatto una foto fuori dall'acqua e questo vi dice tutto, ho comprato e sono andato in acqua, fuori non mi piace......quindi sono una spugna sui commenti
Davide Lopresti Hai ragione, ma per chi non mi conosce di persona posso capire che ogni tanto posso venire frainteso, se voglio fare polemica ti assicuro che sono molto piu esplicito :-), cmq sia il tempo di velocità di scatto non influenza la potenza della luce data dal flash ( fino a 1/250 - 1/320 su alcune macchine sempre parlando di Reflex ) ma agisce solo sulla luce naturale e se nella nostra fotomacro la luce arriva solo dal flash allungare o velocizzare i tempi non cambierà minimamente l'esposizione della nostra foto...
Marco Paravella quindi mi consigli di aprire di più, intorno ai 29-32????? e giocare con i flasch???
Marco Paravella e...scusa sulla potenza della luce dei flasch?????
Davide Lopresti Le mie foto sono tutte intorno agli f14 f18 non di piu, ti giochi tutto con potenza e posizione dei flash
Marco Paravella ok, quì devo ancora prendere la mano......alla mia prossima uscita.....ciao e grazie Davide Lopresti
Davide Lopresti A costo di sembrare antipatico ti consiglierei prima qualche libro di fotografia per comprendere meglio la tecnica e come lavora la macchina fotografica...
Raffaele LivorneseFlabellina Babai,
Nikon D90 in Hugyfot housing, Nikkor 105 VR, F/16, 1/250 sec., Iso 100, 2 x Inon Z240, Subsee +10
Ilse Merz bellissimo, Rafaele!
Raffaele Livornese Grazie, Ilse.. :D
Michel Carpentier Bel album photos !
Raffaele Livornese merci Michel... :D
Yutaka Takizawa Good Shoot
Stefano Scortegagna Ribadisco quanto già detto... Il soggetto ė bellissimo ma a mio avviso hai usato un diaframma troppo aperto, perdendo in profondità di campo... Attorno all'occhio si apprezza la definizione, ma già a metà rinoforo sx comincia a sfuocare... Avrei preferito un diaframma un paio di stop più chiuso... Ma questa ė una mia impressione, non sono certo un esperto di reflex...
Raffaele Livornese Stefano, con il 105 anche a diaframmi chiusi, con la lente aggiuntiva la PDC e' ridotta al minimo, io credevo che tu intendessi che la maf in generale fosse sbagliata, ecco perche' ti ho indirizzato a vedere le altre foto.... (y)
Raffaele Livornese Thx Yutaka... ;)
Stefano Scortegagna È per cosa non hai detto subito della lente...? ;-)
Gabriella LuongoFlabellina babai, Banco di Santa Croce (NA)
Manuel Martínez Chacón Very beautiful.
Gabriella Luongo Thanks! :)
Manuel Martínez Chacón Soon this specie will change his name based on the last molecular investigations.
Gabriella Luongo Really?what kind of molecular investigations?
Manuel Martínez Chacón Some scientist are analizing DNA of some species of nudibranch to know if is necesary a re-definition. But this study is not ended yet, so we must call this nudibranch "Flabellina babai" until the study be published.
Gabriella Luongo I am interested in this kind of studies :) I am looking forward to knowing more about that! :)
Morten Bjørn Larsen When I showed this photo to some non diving friends, they asked if a nudi gets blinded or annoyed by the flash... Do they?
Jongrak Lee They have rhinophores, a sensory organ which is shaped like antena, instead of eyes... they're stimulated both by chemicals n physical touches.
Jongrak Lee With my experience, it seems that they get more relaxed n better narcotized in dark conditions.
João Pedro Silva But they do have eyes (visible in this photo at the base of the left rhinophore). Of course, sight is not their best developed sense and I don't think they see images and in most cases aren't even capable of determine the direction of the light.
René B. Andersen I have to try several times where they change direction when I use focus lights so they registers something, and it's not just once but every time I change position, it kept running away from me
João Pedro Silva Some do more than others... and it also depends on what they're doing (simply crawling, "sniffing", spawning, feeding, mating...). There's one particular case which puzzles me: Felimare picta. They sometimes (not always) show a significant depression in the position of the eyes, a process which is part of the evolution of the eye to allow for the detection of the direction.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpsilva1971/6215369109/
Jongrak Lee I have not saw nor heard an aeolid nudis having eye spot, yet. Some aplysiomorph do.
João Pedro Silva Jongrak Lee, it's visible in Morten's photo, can't you see it? I can show quite a few from other species.... just a few examples:
- Calma glaucoides: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpsilva1971/7427839434/
- Calma gobioophaga: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpsilva1971/7229842190/
- Dondice banyulensis: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpsilva1971/9462773034/
- Flabellina babai: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpsilva1971/8960759043/
- Facelina annulicornis: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpsilva1971/9361233378/
etc etc etc
Jongrak Lee Yeah, I'll check it out.:-)
Jongrak Lee I was mistakingly wrong. Got confused with sth else. Thank you for your comment.
Nuno Filipe SilvestrePeltodoris atromaculata
Foto tirada dia 02 de Abril de 2013 a uma profundidade de +- 14 metros
João Pedro Silva Nuno, that's Peltodoris atromaculata, a common species in our area. When posting here, as this is a group more oriented towards studying sea slugs and less for sharing pretty pictures, keep in mind it's important to say where it was taken including depth and time of the year as this information may prove useful.
Nuno Filipe Silvestre Como costumo mergulhar na nossa área tenho algumas fotos de nudibrânquios e é como muito gosto que partilho as imagens do mesmo par efeitos de estudos.
Suponho que o interesse seja bilateral, eu porque dentro do possível tento tirar boa fotos e partilhar e vocês que conseguem obter uma ajuda na monotorização das espécies.
Entretanto fiquei com duvidas se realmente têm interesse ou não em saber os dados relacionados como o local e data do registo fotográfico.
Caso haja algum interesse nas minhas fotos, não tenho apenas deste Peltodoris atromaculata, como também tenho de Dondice banyulensis, Flabellina babai, Doriopsilla areolata, Roboastra europaea, Felimare picta, Felimida krohni ( Chromodoris krohni), Platydoris argo, Felimare villafranca (Hypselodoris villafranca), Felimare cantabrica (Hypselodoris cantabrica), Felimida krohni (Chromodoris krohni), Doriopsilla pelseneeri, Felimare tricolor (Hypselodoris tricolora).
João, peço desculpa pela resposta em Português, mas pelo nome pareceu-me também o ser!
Nuno Filipe Silvestre Também não tinha reparado que o estudo estava restrito a uma zona.
João Pedro Silva Sim, Nuno, também sou português, assim como muitos outros aqui. But for the sake of communication between all the participants we keep english as the "lingua franca". All data is useful although those species are fairly common along the portuguese coast. Feeding, mating and spawning behaviours are always welcome. Regarding that particular spot, it's where I hold my personal record: 27 species in a single 60' immersion :)
João Pedro Silva If you're interested, go through my blog to meet some other sea slugs in our area and also identify further observations:
http://hypselodoris.blogspot.pt/
João Pedro Silva I went through some of your photos of nudibranchs and spotted a couple of misidentifications (one Felimida purpurea identified as Felimida krohni and a Felimare cantabrica identified as Felimare picta) but I'm unable to comment there.
David Kipling Contrary to what Dawn Watson thinks, I do not have a supply of model nudibranchs that I take with me on dives ;)
These are from the National Museum here in Wales, made of Fimo I think!
Christian Skauge I have a kit like this, bought on eBay from Japan :-)
João Pedro Silva My wife makes bijoux with Fimo professionally and I've been trying (for ages!) to convince her to do these models with the portuguese species.
Christian Skauge http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1550708580196&set=a.1157771997027.24269.1609584836&type=3&theater
João Pedro Silva Hurrah! I've shown my wife these models and she asked me to pick 6 species for her to make until June :)
Bernard Picton Tell your wife it's a very noble tradition. These glass models were traded widely and many museums still have some. There was a conference about them in recent years in Dublin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_and_Rudolf_Blaschka
Bernard Picton Christian Skauge, for your contact who wanted Glaucus, NM Wales have a Blaschka one!!
http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/rhagor/galleries/blaschka/
Christian Skauge Do you have dates for June? Been away a few days (Nudibranch Safari, of course!) and haven't paid much attn to FB...
Bernard Picton Or July?
Christian Skauge Fantastic glass figures - I want one!!
Bernard Picton I doubt if you can afford one, I'm afraid. But if you visit Ireland we could try and get to see the ones in National Museum of Ireland. It was closed to the public, but I have contacts.
http://www.ucd.ie/blaschka/
Christian Skauge Will do! I think I'll have to steal one, they seem a bit pricy... :-D
Bernard Picton Did you find a price?
João Pedro Silva Sorry, I don't have dates yet :(
João Pedro Silva I've sent a list of 8 species so she can pick 6: Flabellina babai, Hypselodoris villafranca (these are so common they are a "must"), Armina maculata, Marionia blainvillea, Diaphorodoris luteocincta, Dondice banyulensis, Chromodoris luteorosea, Cadlina pellucida. If these turn out ok I'm counting on you to convince her to the all the NE Atlantic species :)
David KiplingOkenia elegans of course!
Christian Skauge @ Bernard: Found no price, just a wild guess :-)
Gonçalo Calado Same with algarvian typical pastery http://www.imagesofportugal.net/media/471cd934-bdc1-11e0-acb5-57e8dc34769b-algarve-s-traditional-pastry-portugal
João Pedro Silva I usually describe Platydoris argo as a pancake orange underneath with sugar on top.
Bernard Picton Now don't go there... Seasearch keep inventing common names for things, Amphilectus fucorum = shredded carrot sponge - trouble is they are always food related...
Bernard Picton Pentapora was widely called ross coral (I think a typo for rose) but they invented potato crisp bryozoan....
Christian Skauge hahaha I always get hungry when finding a sea sausage :)
João Pedro Silva All the nudibranchs here in Portugal share on common name: "nudibranch". Except for Peltodoris atromaculata: "vaquinha suíça" (literally, "swiss cow", a dairy Holstein breed cow).
Becky Hitchin I have some plastic nudibranchs from Japan :)
David Kipling I have to say that I am disappointed that the National Museum (which tends to focus on welsh natural history) has a display of purely tropical nudibranchs! I think we should get João Pedro Silva's wife to make an extravagant set of NE Atlantic nudibranchs to replace them, to show that the Atlantic has species that can easily rival those in the tropics.
David Kipling Although we might have to make the Dotos a bit larger-than-life!
Rodrigo Santin Hola Gracias por aceptarme en este grupo. Soy de Argentina. Necesito, mediante una foto conocer de qué especie se trata. Fue colectada en Quequén, provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Gracias.
Jol Falcés Yo creo que se trata de una Flabellina babai... http://www.opistobranquis.org/ca/guia/47
Naoufal Baliste se trata de Berghia cf. verrucicornis (es muy similar a Berghia verrucornis de l'este del atlantico).
Rodrigo Santin Puede ser. El color de las ceratas no se parece mucho. No conozco mucho sobre los nudibranquios pero supongo que el color de las ceratas depende de su dieta. Por lo que una especie dependiendo de su distribución, se alimentará de presas diferentes.
João Pedro SilvaBerghia columbina, as linhas laranja na base dos grupos de cerata são características.
João Pedro Silva Desculpem, só agora reparei que a fotografia não é da europa. Trata-se de Berghia rissodominguezi: http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/bergriss
João Pedro SilvaFlabellina babai nudibranch in the Algarve, Portugal.
Canon EOS 350D, Canon 100mm macro, Ikelite housing, 2x Nikonos SB-105, f/22, 1/200s, ISO 100
Scubashooters Dot Net Hi Joao!!! Nice shot!!! Welcome!!! Mat I suggest you put full size photos here and not link to Flickr??? :) People will appreciate much more!!!! :)
João Pedro Silva Thanks! Due to previous infringements (not in this group) I don't post directly on Facebook. If this is not ok in this group I can stop posting and remove this.
João Pedro Silva I had previously posted another link to a photo of mine on Flickr but nothing was said then about posting photos and not links.
Henry Jager Hi João
It's for your advantage to upload full pictures instead of links. You have much better awareness! More members looks closely at your picture and therefore you get more likes.
And your pictures really deserves this attention :-)
João Pedro Silva Thanks for your comment and I know that, Henry Jager, but at the cost of increasing the risk of rights infringements (happened to me, and others, in the past but, as I said above, not with this group) I prefer to have the links alone. I don't collect "likes" and most of my photography is intended for identification purposes and to increase awareness about underwater creatures (especially those less known and in less dived places).
João Pedro Silva An interesting thing about Flabellina babai is that I've seen them mating every time of the year. In my previous readings of the latest revision of Aeolidiidae I failed to see the "elephant in the room": what is Flabellina babai after all?
O Gajo Dos Olivais This picture shows a Flabellina babai, right after being released from an Anemonia viridis tentacles.
Notice the damaged Cerata.
Sesimbra, "Baia dos Porcos" spot, 8 meters deep, 2013-10-13 13:44, Lisbon time
João Pedro Silva Not many species on today's dive but loads of Flabellina babai and a first for me: Aplysia parvula. Very small (15mm at most) on Codium.
O Gajo Dos OlivaisFlabellina babai with rynophore syndactyly
What looks like one, are indeed two together.
Local: Sesimbra
Spot: baleeira
Depth: 8 meters
Date: 2012-Oct-10
O Gajo Dos OlivaisFlabellina babai with rinophore's syndactyly
Sesimbra, Portugal
Canon 450D, featuring 44mm automatic extension tubes, Ultramax UXDS-1 x 2 set at 2/4 each
Lens: Canon EF 28-80 f/3.5-5.6USM
Solomon Baksh like flames shooting up into the air
Rui Bernardo Henrique, qual foi o valor WB q usaste?
Henrique Nascimento Catarina Rui Bernardo, já te confirmo, mas quase certo que foi: 5260 K......
Rui Bernardo Nos motivos brancos, eu gosto de baixar um pouco esse valor, ás vezes, vou até aos 4000ºK dependendo do fundo da imagem..., exprimenta, logo vês se gostas
Henrique Nascimento Catarina o valor dos 5260K é de certa forma para ser o mais coincidente com o valor "K" dos strobes..... mas vou experimentar. Rui Bernardo
Rui Bernardo Pode ser q gostes..., as "regras" são para quebrar...
Henrique Nascimento Catarina Sim, concordo.... vamos a ver se lá em baixo consigo lembrar-me disso, :)))
Rui Bernardo Agora a critica á imagem..., as pontas da flabelina, quase da mesma côr do fundo da imagem, tira-lhe força...
Eric van Andel can we keep it in English???
Rui Bernardo ops!, i'm sorry
Solomon Baksh English would be great. I have been translating in Google Translator!
Henrique Nascimento Catarina OK, sorry about that :(((, Rui ask me how it was the WB, I answear him, the WB used in this shot was 5260K, He tell me to try next time in white subjects a value a litle less, arround 4000K......
Eric van Andel thanks!
Solomon Baksh yep, that what Google Translator said! LOL
Solomon Baksh do you shoot in RAW?
Solomon Baksh because I shoot RAW all the time and I just leave in Auto WB then adjust it in ACR
Henrique Nascimento Catarina in both, RAW and jpg fine...
Solomon Baksh great
Solomon Baksh do you think it makes a difference adjusting the WB in camera rather than in Adobe Camera RAW
Rui Bernardo Solomon, if you process a raw in your computer, is it diferent than process in the camera body?
Henrique Nascimento Catarina I try to get the best settings to get the best shot from the jpg, some times I need to process the raw to get an image that I like more.... but this is just my opinion....
Solomon Baksh For me there is no difference. I have found that I have more control using Adobe Camera RAW than changing in the camera. If you were shooting only JPEGs then it would be wise to change the WB setting in the camera
Henrique Nascimento Catarina and, if you can get the best settings on the camera, even if you go to change something after on an software, you don't need to do so many changes, the image can be already perfect for you ...... Solomon Baksh
Solomon Baksh i agree with you on the issue of the jpeg being the best. I publish my own dive magazine and only use RAW images. I even demand it from the other freelance photographer we hire. There is a lot more control using RAW image for publishing. Better color correction and easier to adjust WB
Henrique Nascimento Catarina Solomon Baksh, I not saying jpg is the best, in RAW you can change more the image and correct, and also make a totaly different image from the original, the quaestion is, in some photos contest, you just can use jpg's, so you must control and chage the settings to get the best jpg shot you can, and give you a better perception when you fall, or what you should do next time to get a better image...... for me, when I see the image at home, if the jpg is OK, and I liked I post the jpg diretly, if not, I go to RAW file and Try to get it better, and then post the jpg file from the RAW.....
O Gajo Dos OlivaisFlabellina babai with rinophores syndactyly
Detail, no crop.
Sesimbra, Portugal
Canon 450D, featuring 44mm automatic extension tubes and a Subsee +10, Ultramax UXDS-1 x 2 set at 2/4 each
Lens: Canon EF 28-80 f/3.5-5.6USM
Focal Dist: 67mm
f/25
1/200 ISO 100
João Pedro Silva Has anyone ever did a "heat map" of the number of species observed per time of the year? For instance, here in Portugal in May-June one can see 20+ species in a single dive but barely exceeding 10 species during the winter months.
Brendan Oonk Thanks to "Stichting Anemoon" and their MOO-project we have good data on seasonal occurance of nudibranches in the Netherlands. The molluscs Atlas that will be published next year contains some graphs showing this seasonal shift. It might be posible to combine these graphs with watertemperature data..... Not sure who has the time, and the wish to do this though
João Pedro Silva Looking forward to see the Atlas. My idea for that map was restricted to the NE Atlantic where we have some species occurring more frequently in different periods in different areas, like Limacia clavigera or Polycera quadrilineata. Not sure these yearly variations are temperature related.
Peter H van Bragt Hello Joao, best nudi spotting along the Dutch coast is for sure late spring (May-July). up to 15-18speciesin a weekend by a single diver. Water temp is than approx 14-16 degrees C, I do not have the data with me where I am now. As far as I know the record is 13 species on one single dive out of a total of 57 species ever been recorded in the Netherlands. Winter time water temps drop here to 0-2 degrees C. Few nudis like this, but most species larvae seem to survive OK. Cheers Peter
João Pedro Silva Thanks, Peter! That period coincides with the peak of nudibranch diversity also here in Portugal, only with a few exceptions like Cadlina laevis and Spurilla neapolitana which appear to be more frequent during the winter. Yes, many species can be found at any time, namely most Felimare villafranca, Felimare cantabrica, 'Felimida' purpurea, Flabellina babai and others. Water temperature has been "strange" during the past few years frequently with 18-19ºC during autumn and 13-14ºC in August. But the temperatures here are usually between 13ºC-19ºC, being 15-16ºC the most common values (and these can occur at any time of the year, it's 16ºC right now).
I don't know the "national record" but my personal record until last June was something like 18 or 19 species during a single dive... then I had several dives over 20 species until I got to see 26 during a single dive on the 20th of June.
Peter H van Bragt Hello Joao, we also have some typical winter species, e,g. Aeolidia papillosa: juveniles start in september, they develop through winter, spawn and die in early spring. At your place water temps seem to be rather stable, here they differ greatly between summer and winter and this causes big differences in biodiversity. How large is the Portugese nudi fauna list (incl. species that are extreme rare or have not been seen for a while)?
João Pedro Silva We have ~140 nudibranch species. Latest checklist (2004) has 215 opisthobranchs. Mine and Gonçalo Calado's recent field guide has 115 species (95 nudibranchs and 20 other opisthobranchs) including some which were not included for Portugal in the 2004's checklist (yet present in the checklist as it includes the entire Iberian Peninsula plus the archipelagos of Açores, Madeira, Canarias and Baleares).
René Weterings Yes....this pictures contains a Nudi!! Go find it! ;-)
(hippocampus hippocampus, found on divesite "Zoetersbout" in the Eastern Scheldt in the Netherlands on the 24th of october 2012.
João Pedro Silva I think there's something on the lower left corner but with this image size I can't be sure.
René Weterings I will have a look tonight at home, but I don't know what you mean.
René Weterings The nudi I meant is on the seahorses neck! It is an Elysia viridis.
João Pedro Silva Ah, now I see it! You can only see the head and the rhinophores and part of the parapodia of this Elysia viridis!
João Pedro Silva Did you spot it while shooting or only after seen the photo on the computer screen? I've gathered a few dozens of what I call "uninvited guest" photos. The most dramatic find was of a Cuthona caerulea on a photo of a Flabellina babai... and it was found two and a half years after the shot was taken :)
René Weterings Haha...funny. No, I didn't see it under water, only after watching the pictures on my computer at home!
João Pedro Silva This is my "uninvited guests" set on Flickr. Many nudibranchs but also parasites, copepods, shrimp, etc:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpsilva1971/sets/72157625904859297/with/4767925310/
Carlos Fernández-Cid Ramos Another yellow.Eubranchus Farrani from Galicia Spain.
João Pedro Silva Interestingly this doesn't show orange blotches on the median area of the body.
João Pedro Silva And another interesting characteristic: white pigment on the tip of the foot. I think Lucas Cervera would like to see this.
Carlos Fernández-Cid Ramos Thanks Joao.I never see here this nudi. If you need I made him a lot of photos. There are other photos with de cerata not "inflated".
João Pedro Silva I never got a decent shot of E. farrani. And yesterday there were 2 next to a Flabellina babai and at least one of them clearly shows the orange blotches:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpsilva1971/7132378367/
Carlos Fernández-Cid Ramos This one is very similar http://www.nudibranch.org/Scottish%20Nudibranchs/html/eubranchus-farrani-20.html
João Pedro Silva Jim's photo shows the typical yellow/orange blotches on the body but yours does not. That's what's puzzling me :)
Carlos Fernández-Cid Ramos Norwegian ones http://www.seawater.no/fauna/mollusca/farrani.html
Carlos Fernández-Cid Ramos From Galicia Spain. Vigo
Josep LLuis Peralta RebullFlabellina babai
Carlos Fernández-Cid Ramos Thank You Nudimaster. I know
João Pedro Silva Interesting how not so long ago this was thought to be endemic to the Mediterranean. Right after Hypselodoris villafranca, it's the most common and easily seen nudibranch here in Portugal.
Erling Svensen THIS was a beautiful one. Congratulations...! Can you export one to Norway? (alive)
João Pedro Silva Don't know if it would survive the trip (they are fairly large and active so I suppose their metabolism is rather fast). I'm often asked if this species is expanding its distribution. I really don't know but I'm more inclined to say that there are more "nudi aware" divers with cameras and also more diving spots.
Carlos Fernández-Cid Ramos Thanks Joao and Erling. It´s my first Babai in Galicia. It´s rare here. The H.Villafranca and Cantabrica are the most common
João Pedro Silva The "Top 5" in frequency here in Portugal are Hypselodoris villafranca, Flabellina babai, Hypselodoris cantabrica, Hypselodoris tricolor and Chromodoris krohni.