Hypselodoris bullockii

Kristin Anderson Group hug | Lembeh Hypselodoris bullockii

Bernard Picton I wonder if they give off a chemical when they are mating which attracts others?

Blogie Robillo Love this shot!! (^^^)

Deb Aston Size doesn't matter with these guys either, often see a larger specimen mating with a much smaller one.

Gary Cobb Another beautiful critter is Hypselodoris bullockii (Collingwood, 1881) found at Flinders Reef, Moreton Island 3rd of March 2012, about 40 mm long posing!

Wil Yu Can this species be different colors? I have one like this but it is orange.

Bernadus Hananto Hypselodoris bullockii F5.6 ISO 200 SS 1/125 Dual Sea and Sea YS-01

Don Choo mating Hypselodoris bullockii Canon S90, 2 x inon strobes f/8, 1/60, ISO:100 Chebeh, Tioman

Imran Ahmad Nice colors and composition.. Beautiful shot.. i like how you control your light..

Don Choo Thanks Imran! Awesome encouragement from a pro:)

Imran Ahmad No worries... See you at DEEP, ADEX & MIDE.. I'll be giving some presentation of my work. Take care, chief

Swee Chuah wow. love this shot bro!

Jim Willoughby Great shot! I love this pic.

Don Choo Thanks everyone!

Edy Sutanto Hypselodoris Bullockii Canon G11 and YS 110a F8,1/200s ISO 80 Sepa House Reef-Jakarta-Indonesia

Ex Liao ID please, took this in Punta Engano, Mactan, thanks...

Jun V Lao hypselodoris bullockii nudibranch :)

Ex Liao thanks jun

Carl-Johan Nilsson Color on the bullockii varies a lot. Really like this pale one.

Bob Whorton This is now redesignated H. apolegma.

Ex Liao About 3cm long

Arnico Lumangyao Cartalla "Balancing Act" Lembeh, Indonesia

Jon Chamberlain Looks like Hypselodoris bullockii. I've seen this behaviour in other large species where they find a stick to climb on. Nont sure what possible benefit it could give them, perhaps they just find it amusing?

Arnico Lumangyao Cartalla it was suspended like that for I don't know how long i thought its about to lay eggs or something

Christopher Thorn C species? Coron, 25 m, 25 mm.

Roy Arthur David Lontoh Looks like Hypselodoris bullockii

Erwin Koehler At least very close related to H. bullocki(i). I don't know how many 'i'

Jim Anderson 2

Christopher Thorn Anyone familiar with this colour variation?

Penn Dls 10m, 28ºC, 5cm. Anilao, Philippines

Jun V Lao Hypselodoris bullockii :)

Tan Pee Pheng Tenggol island Malaysia Canon G 12 with sea&sea YS110

Suzan Meldonian lovely color

Giorgio Cavallaro (Y) (Y)

Patricia Perret Very soft and nice light on Hypselodoris bullockii. Chromodorididae

Tan Pee Pheng Thank you ó¾°€

Christopher Thorn Mabul, 10 m, 40 mm. Can anyone help id this nudi please? I've looked through nudipixel and nudibase and can't seem to find it.

Gary Cobb This is a blue colourform or Hypselodoris bullockii (Collingwood, 1881) http://www.nudibranch.com.au/pages/4656d.htm

Blogie Robillo Spectacular!

Christopher Thorn Thanks for clearing up the mystery for me Gary. (Am i missing something? is the link relevant?)

Jim Anderson Is this not what Rudman has called Hypselodoris cf bullockii

Gary Cobb Sorry wrong link!!:( LOL for all intent and purposes it still fits the bill for one of the most color varied species. If we call this one 'cf' where do we draw the line?

Jim Anderson We let Bill Rudman do that!

Gary Cobb Bill Rudman is no longer in the world of Opisthobranchs

Jim Anderson So where was this variation upgraded to the full species?

Barbara Caldwell Who me ? Nudi at Lembeh

Ron Silver Hypselodoris bullockii

Barbara Caldwell Thanks - I was looking for the name and got the "bullockii" but it was a tag on someone else's photo and I didn't dare use it ... just in case it was an "in" joke :)

Ron Silver No problem. Pretty informal overall but I do try to get the correct identifications. Thanx for sharing your photo(s).

Scott White Sth Leyte

Sven Kahlbrock Nice shot Scott

Kiki Vleeschouwers Nice !

Azri Win Emb Saidol Beauty white!.. good shot!

Sarah Bisho That is what i call fab-fab all the way beaut- creatures ;)

Jean-Philippe Imbert Chromodoris bullocky ?

Sarah Bisho Thats what i'm talkin about , bring them lovely creatures to the nation from the ocean "thanks man"

Lindz Warren Hypselodoris bullockii (Collingwood, 1881) is the name

Simon Shin 해저여행 5/6ì›"호를 통해 소개하ëŠ" 필리핀 아닐라오의 럭ì…"리 리조트 "아카시아 리조트 앤 다이브 센터"의 대표인 올리버ì"¨ì˜ 포트 폴리오입니다,

Ron Silver Hypselodoris bullockii

Andreas Susanto starving :D

Bonar Sitohang Where did you find it, Mr. Andreas Susanto?

Andreas Susanto samalona island, makassar, indonesia

Gary Cobb Hypselodoris bullockii (Collingwood, 1881)

Bonar Sitohang found at Amed, Bali, Indonesia

Roy Arthur David Lontoh Hypselodoris bullocki?

Gary Cobb Waych that spelling....Hypselodoris bullockii (Collingwood, 1881)

Ashley Missen Waych ????

Roy Arthur David Lontoh :)

Bonar Sitohang thanks a lot, buddies!

Azhar Adnan Mabul

John Paul Connor Nice colors

María Eugenia Suárez Hypselodoris Bullockii

Cristina Zunino This is very good , macro, photo, I love it <3

Giorgio Cavallaro Uwp (Y)

Ahmet Yay Manado, Pangalisan Canon 40 D - Canon 60 mm macro - 2xYS-110 Flash 1/125, f:10 Asa:100

María Eugenia Suárez Name/nombre?

Giorgio Cavallaro (Y)

Ahmet Yay Thank you very much María Eugenia Suárez and Giorgio Cavallaro. Its name is Hypselodoris Bullockii.

María Eugenia Suárez This one has lovely colors!

Ahmet Yay I agree with you María Eugenia Suárez. :)

Chris Cunnold About 8mm long, found in 8 metres in Tulamben, Bali. Any identification ideas?

Franca Wermuth-Vezzoli Hypselodoris bullockii

Daniel Messom Could be "Purple Thorunna"Nev's Encyclo. page 196.

Franca Wermuth-Vezzoli Very interesting, Daniel Messom, I didn't realize the difference.. Now I looked through my nudi pictures and found one with low gills- I will post it to be sure..

Roy Arthur David Lontoh My opinion is similar to Daniel Messom :)

Erwin Koehler Thorunna halourga Johnson & Gosliner, 2001

Chris Cunnold Thanks everyone.

IkeBe Ph 5mm at a depht of 60 ft Anilao, Batangas

Blogie Robillo What a beauty!!

Mark Farrer Thats a stunning little Nudi

PT Hirschfield real purty :-)

IkeBe Ph Thank you Blogie Robillo, Mark Farrer, PT Hirschfield!

Sylvie Omnès is it Hypselodoris bullockii, or another ?

Johny Leffelaer Its not H. bullockii.

Johny Leffelaer I'm not shore,but i think its Durvilledoris similaris.;-)

Jeff Rosenfeld Not Durvilledoris similaris as that species has a line down the midline that the specimen in your photo lacks. Most likely Thorunna halourga - http://www.seaslugforum.net/showall/thorhalo

IkeBe Ph Thank you for the ID Jeff Rosenfeld!

Bunnee Gamboa-Santos I have a funny feeling its not a Thorunna halourga because of its red orange rhinopores and gills. Its the first of its kind that I've seen. I'm not an expert, just my two cents worth.

Sylvie Omnès Bunnee Gamboa-Santos: I think Jeff ID is the right one;look at his link above : at the end of it there's "Thorunna speciosus", very similar ...

Bunnee Gamboa-Santos Yup. Thanks.

Erwin Koehler Thorunna halourga Johnson & Gosliner, 2001, there are specimens with a thinner or a broad white margin are at http://www.philippine-sea-slugs.com/Nudibranchia/Euctenidiacea/Thorunna_halourga.htm

Penn Dls Mating. What are these called?

Penn Dls from Anilao, Philippines

Sylvie Omnès Hypselodoris Bullockii 1881

Gary Cobb These are Risbecia apolegma Yonow, 2001 and I am not aware of any papers saying it was changed to Hypselodoris! The Forum assumed it was that genus but it was never proved.

Sylvie Omnès apologize Penn and Gary for the mistake ... I didn't saw the details of the mantel . Those are given like Hypselodoris Apolegma Yonow 2001 in "Nudibranch of the World"Deblius/Kuitter...

Blogie Robillo For reference (and for my peace of mind), is this H. bullockii? http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7876388

Sylvie Omnès Joker ... ;-)

Christopher Thorn Chromodoris what sp? Sand Island, Taiwan. 13m. 40mm.

Christian Skauge Hypselodoris bullocki, isn't it?

Christopher Thorn Not a Chromadorididae at all :-) Thanks.

Patrik Good spelling would be bullockii :-)

Christian Skauge Not according to WoRMS ;-) http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=560043

Patrik Good Sorry, Christian Skauge. Glad I posted though. The master has to do some explaining then if he is not too busy :-)

Christian Skauge haha there's always controversy regarding i or ii at the end of species' names - think nothing of it ;-)

Andy Gray Maybe it's Hypselodoris apolegma or a Giant hypselodoris. Chromodorididae sp. I think there are colour differences in the H. bullockii anyhow. H.Bullockii are very similar.

Christian Skauge I'm no expert on these species, I just suggested the name so you might well be right Andy :-)

Roy Arthur David Lontoh In my humble opinion, this is Hypselodoris apolegma, Hypselodoris bullockii has a solid white line along the mantle.

Bernard Picton Hypselodoris apolegma. I think H. bullocki may be several things so keep photographing purple things with white edges...

Gary Cobb This is Risbecia apolegma Yonow, 2001

Gary Cobb By the way WoRMS is very unreliable and out of date!!

Blogie Robillo Gary Cobb - What's the best way to tell R. apolegma and H. bullockii apart?

Bernard Picton There is a lot of information on these pink-purple, white edged, species on the Sea Slug Forum.

Bernard Picton http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/hypsapol

Blogie Robillo This is getting more & more confusing...

Bernard Picton The interesting ones are the ones where the experts can't agree yet.... Note Bill R says "I can find no anatomical grounds to place this 'species' in the genus Risbecia" and note the ' ' around species. Because these Chromodorids mimic each other for protection from predators there are often "mimicry rings" which may involve several genera, and flatworms, even ovulid snails which mimic Phyllidia.

Blogie Robillo I guess that's what keeps us fascinated with these critters!

Franca Wermuth-Vezzoli So far I thought this is Hypselodoris bullockii, but now I wonder if it is maybe Thorunna daniellae? Can anybody help?

Erwin Koehler I guess you meant T. halourga Johnson & Gosliner, 2001

Franca Wermuth-Vezzoli Yes, sorry, I meant T. halourga - is my picture T. halourga?

Timothy Nguyen Found this one just beyond Flinders Reef (Gotham City), Moreton Island @ 32m, ~35mm. Hypselodoris bullockii? https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150596092671334&set=a.10150596089821334.377975.562001333&type=3&theater

Roy Arthur David Lontoh Looks like Hypselodoris bullockii

Bob Whorton H. apolegma - 6cm 8m Lighthouse point, Malapascua Philippines

Gary Cobb I think this is Hypselodoris bullockii. "At the edge of the mantle of Risbecia apolegma the border is solid white but inside this is a region of varying width in which the white forms a reticulate pattern gradually merging in to the pinkish purple." This photo is a white band. Only an inside view at the anatomy can tell for sure.

Bob Whorton I agree with you on the colour description, but this too differs enormously from the smooth, opaque skinned bullocki. Are we not in fact looking at three completely different species wrongly grouped together? Anotomically, skin make up is a hugely important subject maybe?

Gary Cobb We can only look at a Nudibranch

Gary Cobb It's outside appearance and colour that say "this is what it is" when at the end of the day the internal anatomy will tell. According Yanow she did just that and the anatomy was closer to Risbecia than Hypselodoris. In the case of this colour form we can only guess. The opaque skin would have little in the decision of the species. Life!

Ale Cere Alguien me hecha una mano para identificar? Foto sacada en Tioman, Malesia

Jol Falcés Hypselodoris bullockii http://www.nudipixel.net/species/hypselodoris_bullockii/

Jol Falcés Por cierto, me encanta Tioman! ;-P

Jol Falcés A qué centro fuiste?

Ale Cere Merci Jol!

Ale Cere Ningun centro, un barco, Diverace.

Ale Cere Y, por cierto, prefiero indonesia y filipinas para bucear :)

João Pedro Silva Hypselodoris apolegma. A faixa branca ao redor do manto tem uma transição típica com pontos, diferente em Hypselodoris bullockii em que essa faixa é claramente delimitada. http://www.nudipixel.net/species/risbecia_apolegma/

Carol Roldan Martin Jo tb crec q es la hyposelodoris apolegma...testas pegant unes capbussades guapis guapis...

Ale Cere Obrigado João!

João Pedro Silva De nada, Ale!

Orietta Rivolta Hypselodoris bulloki (Collingwood,1881) Puerto Galera,Philippines April

Gary Cobb Nice photo Orietta! You missed an "i" and a "c" Hypselodoris bullockii (Collingwood, 1881)

Orietta Rivolta Ops....

Rosa Taberner Seen in Bunaken (Sulawesi), Bolung Point. Canon G11, with internal flash. No lenses

Sven Kahlbrock Hypselodoris bullockii

Arantxa Di Mare I agree :)