{"id":513,"date":"2012-02-06T15:37:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T15:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/paul\/post\/Underwater-photos-from-Indonesia-nudibranchs.aspx"},"modified":"2015-06-22T16:41:22","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T23:41:22","slug":"underwater-photos-from-indonesia-nudibranchs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/underwater-photos-from-indonesia-nudibranchs\/","title":{"rendered":"Underwater photos from Indonesia – nudibranchs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n <\/font>\"\"<\/font><\/a> <\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\n(A pair of Much-Desired Flabellinas mating.) <\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nWe spent most of January in Indonesia and as part of the trip we spent 11 days on the fabulous <\/font>Paradise Dancer<\/font> live-aboard dive boat diving in the most bio-diverse waters in the world. The reefs were really healthy and there was an overwhelming abundance of life under the waves. I can strongly recommend the Aggressor and Dancer live-aboard boats!<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nIn this post I want to show you the creatures that I like seeing the most – nudibranchs (sea slugs) and flatworms. I photographed an incredible 61 separate species on 36 dives – a record that's going to be hard to beat! Here are my favorite 20 from more than 2000 shots.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nClick each image for a 1024×768 version. Let me know if you'd like a full-size copy of any for a desktop background. Enjoy! <\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nLeft to right below: Thysanozoon nigropapillosum (Yellowspot Flatworm) and Acanthozoon sp. (Papillate Flatworm). <\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\n <\/font>\"\"<\/font><\/a> <\/font>\"\"<\/font><\/a> <\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nLeft to right below: Long-Cirri Phyllodesmium and Black-Margined Glossodoris. <\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\n <\/font>\"\"<\/font><\/a> <\/font>\"\"<\/font><\/a> <\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nLeft to right below: Tyron's Resbecia mating and Serena's Notodoris. <\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\n <\/font>\"\"<\/font><\/a> <\/font>\"\"<\/font><\/a> <\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nLeft to right below: Giant Hypselodoris and Willan's Chromodoris. <\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\n <\/font>\"\"<\/font><\/a> <\/font>\"\"<\/font><\/a> <\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nLeft to right below: Elegant Phyllidia and Giant Hypselodoris just about to mate. <\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\n <\/font>\"\"<\/font><\/a> <\/font>\"\"<\/font><\/a> <\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nLeft to right below: Serpent Pteraeolidia and Thysanozoon nigropapillosum (Yellowspot Flatworm) free-swimming on a night dive. <\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\n <\/font>\"\"<\/font><\/a> <\/font>\"\"<\/font><\/a> <\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nLeft to right below: Dusky Nembrotha and Pseudobiceros bedfordi (Elegant Flatworm). <\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\n <\/font>\"\"<\/font><\/a> <\/font>\"\"<\/font><\/a> <\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nLeft to right below: Anne's Chromodoris and Loch's Chromodoris. <\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\n <\/font>\"\"<\/font><\/a> <\/font>\"\"<\/font><\/a> <\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nLeft to right below: Celestial Phyllidia mating and Purple-Edged Ceratosoma. <\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\n <\/font>\"\"<\/font><\/a> <\/font>\"\"<\/font><\/a> <\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nBelow: Scalloped Ceratosoma. <\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\n <\/font>\"\"<\/font><\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  (A pair of Much-Desired Flabellinas mating.) We spent most of January in Indonesia and as part of the trip we spent 11 days on the fabulous Paradise Dancer live-aboard dive boat diving in the most bio-diverse waters in the world. The reefs were really healthy and there was an overwhelming abundance of life under the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","category-where-in-the-world-are-paul-and-kimberly"],"yoast_head":"\nUnderwater photos from Indonesia - nudibranchs - Paul S. 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