Risbecia pulchella

Stephane Primatesta Risbecia pulchella

Diana Schmitt Awesome!

Stephane Primatesta Thanks Diana :-)

Marylin Batt Very nice.

Stephane Primatesta Thanks Marylin :-)

Yann Oulia Risbecia pulchella - Reunion Island Canon 5D Mark II

Gregory Donaghy Such a fantastic image

Ashley Minkus beautiful!

Ron Silver Now known as Hypselodoris pulchella

Elly Jeurissen Wonderful!

Almudena Miles WOW!

Cathy Dessouhant M nice

Bert Stankowski super

Yann Oulia thank you :)

Giorgio Cavallaro Uwp http://www.uwphotographers.net/2013/10/uwp-yann-oulia.html

Cora van der Draaij Risbecia pulchella

Sven Kahlbrock Now Hypselodoris pulchella

Fabiana Farci Risbecia pulchella - Beautiful risbecia Similan Island - Thailandia

Lindz Warren Hypselodoris pulchella (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828) - change of genus.

Fabiana Farci Thanks!

Yann Oulia Risbecia pulchella - Reunion Island Canon 5D Mark II

Ahmet Yay I like this... :)

Ron Silver Now known as Hypselodoris pulchella

Michael Henke Risbecia pulchella Nikon D300, ISO200, 105mm, f/29, 1/200 Did anybody know, what the extra "nose" at the middle front of the nudi is?

Sylvie Omnès it's not the first time I see pics of nudi's "malformation"; some have extra gills or rhinophores; there was something about that on the Sea Slug website, but I haven't been able to find it ...

Sylvie Omnès found ! http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19582 http://www.seaslugforum.net/showall/abnormal

Sylvie Omnès Michael's Id is the right one : Risbecia Pulchella : you can see on the 2d link that abnormalities are observed on many species of nudis ...

Sylvie Omnès I forgot : beautiful pic !

Michael Henke @Sylvie Omnès - thanks for the tip of the Sea Slug website It is a mantle abnormality. http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1797 http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1506 Best regards, Michael

Amir Abramovich "Take a look at my girlfriend she's the only one I got (ba ba da da ) " Canon S110 +5 diopter. ISO 8 f8 1/125 Visit my UWP page: www.facebook.com/amirunderwaterphotographypage.

Tony Strazzari Not much of a girlfriend...

Ron Silver Risbecia pulchella

Ron Silver Actually, in the nudi world, there are no girlfriends or boy friends as the slugs are hermaphroditic. When they mate, both partners end up pregnant and lay an egg ring. :-D

Amir Abramovich I know but ... Remember the next line ..

Tony Strazzari I did...

Tim Helmrath in the nude . . .

Ron Silver Risbecia pulchella

Amir Abramovich Sunny side up nudi :) Visit my UWP page: www.faceboook.com/amirunderwaterphotographypage.

Ron Silver Risbecia pulchella

Magnus Sund Chromodoris Koh yawasam Ao nang Canon G12 s1/80 iso 250 built in flash

Ron Silver Risbecia pulchella

Magnus Sund Thank you Ron

Amir Abramovich Periscopes up !! Red Sea. Eilat. Canon G12 Iso80 1/125 f8 Visit my UWP page : www.facebook.com/amirunderwaterphotographypage.

Patricia Perret Risbecia pulchella. Chromodorididae

Giorgio Cavallaro (Y)

Kiki Vleeschouwers Nice encounter in Oman :-)

Sven Kahlbrock Risbecia pulchella ;-)

Kiki Vleeschouwers Thanks, Sven !

Joaquin Muñoz lindo

Chris Bergermann Nightdive >Shaab Ali< march `12 about 7m depth..

Nathalie Yonow Risbecia pulchella pp 201-201

Dietmar Meindl unusual, face to face!!

Gary Cobb Risbecia pulchella (Ruppell & Leuckart, 1828)

Michael Henke Risbecia pulchella Nikon D300, ISO200, 105mm, f/29, 1/200 Did anybody know, what the extra "nose" at the middle front of the nudi is?

Sylvie Omnès it's not the first time I see pics of nudi's "malformation"; some have extra gills or rhinophores; there was something about that on the Sea Slug website, but I haven't been able to find it ...

Sylvie Omnès found ! http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19582 http://www.seaslugforum.net/showall/abnormal

Sylvie Omnès Michael's Id is the right one : Risbecia Pulchella : you can see on the 2d link that abnormalities are observed on many species of nudis ...

Sylvie Omnès I forgot : beautiful pic !

Michael Henke @Sylvie Omnès - thanks for the tip of the Sea Slug website It is a mantle abnormality. http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1797 http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1506 Best regards, Michael

Amir Abramovich Sunny side up nudi :) Canon G12 1/125 iso80 f8 Visit my UWP page : www.facebook.com/amirunderwaterphotographypage.

Ron Silver Risbecia pulchella

Amir Abramovich Periscopes up !! Red Sea. Eilat. Canon G12 Iso80 1/125 f8 Visit my UWP page : www.facebook.com/amirunderwaterphotographypage.

Ron Silver Risbecia pulchella, also known as: Risbecia ghardaqana.

Amir Abramovich Periscopes up !! Red Sea. Eilat. Canon G12 Iso80 1/125 f8 Visit my UWP page : www.facebook.com/amirunderwaterphotographypage.

Ron Silver Risbecia pulchella, also known as: Risbecia ghardaqana.

Dani Barchana Chromodoris annulata _ Red Sea, Israel Canon PowerShot G12 Flash Used Sea&SEA YS-01 Focal Length 13.8 mm Exposure Time 1/500 sec Aperture f/8 ISO Equivalent 80

Ron Silver Dani, could these nudis be Risbecia pulchella? C. annulata is very similar, but has large purple circles on the dorsal surface.

Dani Barchana Ron Silver I think you are right, I stand corrected, Thanks.

Ron Silver No problem. Some would say I'm a bit anal about IDs. Thanx for posting your photos. :-D

Dani Barchana I appreciate the correct ID, I wouldn't like to post mistakes,as UI have an album of Nudis, I also corrected it there ( http://www.pbase.com/dani_barchana/sea_slugs ) thank you (Y)

Ron Silver Thanx again. I have been quite surprised at the reactions from some when I have suggested an alternate ID. :-(

Dani Barchana Well, it is the Nudis Ego, not mine :-P :-D

Dani Barchana BTW, Ron Silver , if you find mistakes in the Pbase Album above, fill free to comment

Ron Silver I quickly looked and see you do have some great photos of C. annulata from the Med and just one shot of R. pulchella from the Red Sea. Nice compilation of nudis.

Dani Barchana Thanks, The Annulatas are invaders from the red sea to the Mediterranean sea, it is called Lessepsian migration (after Ferdinand de Lesseps the Suez canal engineer) - But I guess you know that.....

Ron Silver Invasive Biology 401 as I recall, but it was a l-o-n-g time ago! Thanx.

Orietta Rivolta Risbecia pulchella ??? Kilifi,Kenya April 2012

Jeff Rosenfeld I'm thinking it's Hypselodoris bollandi Gosliner & Johnson, 1999. See http://www.nudipixel.net/photo/00011986/

Ashley Missen Looks like one

Orietta Rivolta Thanks Jeff

Ashley Missen Still Reckon it Risbecia pulchella as the Risbecia has more gill branches like this one the Hypselodoris tend to have less and are more stuck out from the body at the base of the gills -- How big was it

Gary Cobb Definitely Risbecia pulchella (Ruppell & Leuckart, 1828)

Orietta Rivolta Thanks for the explanation __B- )

Ashley Missen Your welcome

Gary Cobb Hey Ash don't get too carried away with morphology...in the new paper this species is moved to Hypselodoris!! In our opinion the paper is incomplete and there are a lot of errors. This being the case, I will not change anything until all the species are valid. The new Nudibranch ID Australia / New Zealand App is uploaded to iTunes and is awaiting review!

Jeff Rosenfeld Gary, I'm curious as to what in their paper you consider to be in error.

Blogie Robillo Me too

Gary Cobb Hi guys I'm glad you asked! In my opinion and from what I have heard from other acedmics is that when the paper was 'completed' a more thorough proof reading should have been done! Please don't get me wrong, this work is very important and a first. It is helping to right a lot of wrongs in our nudibranch taxonomy. However with a paper of this magnitude, all the work should have been completed before submitting. Firstly, there are a few species with the wrong author and date in Table 2. And I can't understand why the authors of this paper would 'hypothesize' all the species they did, they are to be changed or they aren't. Guessing is not a good enough reason to make changes. Another issue I have is the use of single 'quotes' are they valid changes or not? And if not why include them in this paper? There have been changes to the species side of the names as well, due to gender. I was under the impression that this could not be done. Once a name has been given to a new species it must stay, or so I thought! Keep in mind that this paper presents alot of work to authors of Apps, books and websites. If half the genus changes are not valid and real why have them. As for me, I have 3 Nudibranch ID Apps that will need to be revised and a website as well. Before I do this huge amount of work I want to be convinced these changes are real! I will wait until all the work is verified, corrected and accepted by all the taxonomy world. After all we do need this however it has to be right.

Gary Cobb Comments are most welcome to this discussion. Thanks all!

Ashley Missen I Agree Gary - start to have a read today - I think it raised more questions for me

Orietta Rivolta Well done guys,keep it up,I learn a lot from your discussion! Thanks

Orietta Rivolta Risbecia pulchella ??? Kilifi,Kenya April 2012

Jeff Rosenfeld I'm thinking it's Hypselodoris bollandi Gosliner & Johnson, 1999. See http://www.nudipixel.net/photo/00011986/

Ashley Missen Looks like one

Orietta Rivolta Thanks Jeff

Ashley Missen Still Reckon it Risbecia pulchella as the Risbecia has more gill branches like this one the Hypselodoris tend to have less and are more stuck out from the body at the base of the gills -- How big was it

Gary Cobb Definitely Risbecia pulchella (Ruppell & Leuckart, 1828)

Orietta Rivolta Thanks for the explanation __B- )

Ashley Missen Your welcome

Gary Cobb Hey Ash don't get too carried away with morphology...in the new paper this species is moved to Hypselodoris!! In our opinion the paper is incomplete and there are a lot of errors. This being the case, I will not change anything until all the species are valid. The new Nudibranch ID Australia / New Zealand App is uploaded to iTunes and is awaiting review!

Jeff Rosenfeld Gary, I'm curious as to what in their paper you consider to be in error.

Blogie Robillo Me too

Gary Cobb Hi guys I'm glad you asked! In my opinion and from what I have heard from other acedmics is that when the paper was 'completed' a more thorough proof reading should have been done! Please don't get me wrong, this work is very important and a first. It is helping to right a lot of wrongs in our nudibranch taxonomy. However with a paper of this magnitude, all the work should have been completed before submitting. Firstly, there are a few species with the wrong author and date in Table 2. And I can't understand why the authors of this paper would 'hypothesize' all the species they did, they are to be changed or they aren't. Guessing is not a good enough reason to make changes. Another issue I have is the use of single 'quotes' are they valid changes or not? And if not why include them in this paper? There have been changes to the species side of the names as well, due to gender. I was under the impression that this could not be done. Once a name has been given to a new species it must stay, or so I thought! Keep in mind that this paper presents alot of work to authors of Apps, books and websites. If half the genus changes are not valid and real why have them. As for me, I have 3 Nudibranch ID Apps that will need to be revised and a website as well. Before I do this huge amount of work I want to be convinced these changes are real! I will wait until all the work is verified, corrected and accepted by all the taxonomy world. After all we do need this however it has to be right.

Gary Cobb Comments are most welcome to this discussion. Thanks all!

Ashley Missen I Agree Gary - start to have a read today - I think it raised more questions for me

Orietta Rivolta Well done guys,keep it up,I learn a lot from your discussion! Thanks

Thomas Philipp Can anyone help me on this. What's the name ? I think Chromodoris cavae (Eliot, 1904) but I'n not sure. Photo taken in Oman 2012

Ron Silver Hypselodoris pulchella

Bernard Cauchard risbecia pulchella (Ruppell et Leucka 1831)

Thomas Philipp Thanks

Ron Silver Is now known as Hypselodoris pulchella

Bernard Cauchard OK ,cool

Fraser McBlane Interrupted in Lembeh, but not sure what they are. Orietta?

Fraser McBlane sorry, forgot. Sealife DC800, Inon Z240.

Roy Arthur David Lontoh Risbecia pulchella?

Sven Kahlbrock should be, with a nice collor

Roy Arthur David Lontoh Agree Sven, these two have nice color :)

Orietta Rivolta Yes Roy,It's Risbecia pulchella Ruppell & Leuckart,1828.Great shot Fraser !

Fraser McBlane Thanks all. Now I'm older and wiser (instead of just old) :)