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Many-petalled Nudibranch (Cyerce nigricans). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken at the Solitary Islands, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
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Nudibranch (Chromodoris sp.). Found throughout Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia
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Sea Slug (Pleurobranchaea brockii). Found in the Indo-West Pacific, with a few confirmed records from Japan, South Africa and eastern Australia. Photo was taken off Anilao. Known as part of the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Nudibranch (Ceratosoma amoenum). Also known as Sea Slug. Found throughout New Zealand, Southern and Eastern Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Nudibranch or Sea Slug (Polycera hedgpethi), mating pair. Found on sheltered coastal reefs throughout the Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.
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Nudibranch or Sea Slug (Phyllodesmium serratum). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Feeds on soft corals. Photo was taken in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.
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Tambja Nudibranch (Tambja verconis). Found throughout southern WA to central NSW, including Tas, Australia. Also New Zealand. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Vic, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Tambja Nudibranch (Tambja verconis). Found throughout southern WA to central NSW, including Tas, Australia. Also New Zealand. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Vic, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Tambja Nudibranch (Tambja verconis). Found throughout southern WA to central NSW, including Tas, Australia. Also New Zealand. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Vic, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Tambja Nudibranch (Tambja verconis). Found throughout southern WA to central NSW, including Tas, Australia. Also New Zealand. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Vic, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Tambja Nudibranch (Tambja verconis). Found throughout southern WA to central NSW, including Tas, Australia. Also New Zealand. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Vic, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Nudibranch (Verconia verconis), living and feeding on Sea Sponge (Aplysilla rosea), which it closely mimics. Found in sheltered and moderately exposed reefs throughout southern Australia. Photo taken at York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Tambja Nudibranch (Tambja verconis). Found throughtout southern WA to central NSW, including Tas, feeding on the green bryozoan (Bugula dentata). Australia. Also New Zealand. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Vic, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Tambja Nudibranch (Tambja verconis). Found throughout southern WA to central NSW, including Tas, Australia. Also New Zealand. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Vic, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Tambja Nudibranch (Tambja verconis), making egg ribbon. Found throughout southern WA to central NSW, including Tas, Australia. Also New Zealand. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Vic, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Tambja Nudibranch (Tambja verconis). Found throughout southern WA to central NSW, including Tas, Australia. Also New Zealand. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Vic, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Tambja Nudibranch (Tambja verconis). Found throughout southern WA to central NSW, including Tas, Australia. Also New Zealand. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Vic, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Nudibranch (Melibe sp.), free swimming. Also known as Sea Slug. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Nudibranch (Melibe sp.), feeding on marine alga. Also known as Sea Slug. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum). Photo taken at Fish Tales, Grand Bahama Bank, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum). Photo taken at Fish Tales, Grand Bahama Bank, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum). Photo taken at Fish Tales, Grand Bahama Bank, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum), hunting for scraps in the river mouth at Hawks Nest Resort and Marina, Cat Island, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea.
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Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum), hunting for scraps in the river mouth at Hawks Nest Resort and Marina, Cat Island, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea.
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Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum), hunting for scraps in the river mouth at Hawks Nest Resort and Marina, Cat Island, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum). Photo taken at Fish Tales, Grand Bahama Bank, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum). Photo taken at Fish Tales, Grand Bahama Bank, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum), hunting for scraps in the river mouth at Hawks Nest Resort and Marina, Cat Island, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum). Photo taken at Fish Tales, Grand Bahama Bank, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Pacific Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma unami). A newly described species that was previously considered to be a variant of the Atlantic Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum). Playa del Coco, Costa Rica, Eastern Pacific Ocean.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Southern Sand Octopus (Octopus kaurna). Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Southern Sand Octopus (Octopus kaurna). Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
© Bill Boyle / OceanwideImages.com |
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Southern Sand Octopus (Octopus kaurna). Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
© Bill Boyle / OceanwideImages.com |
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Southern Sand Octopus (Octopus kaurna). Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
© Bill Boyle / OceanwideImages.com |
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Reef Octopus (Octopus tetricus) in its lair. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Southern Sand Octopus (Octopus kaurna). Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Reef Octopus (Octopus pallidus) resting in a bottle. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Day Octopus (Octopus cyanea), swimming in mid water. Also known as Big Blue Octopus. Found in Pacific and Indian Oceans, from Hawaii to the eastern coast of Africa. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Day Octopus (Octopus cyanea), swimming in mid water. Also known as Big Blue Octopus. Found in Pacific and Indian Oceans, from Hawaii to the eastern coast of Africa. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Day Octopus (Octopus cyanea), showing under side and sucker pads. Also known as Big Blue Octopus. Found in Pacific and Indian Oceans, from Hawaii to the eastern coast of Africa. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Day Octopus (Octopus cyanea), swimming in mid water. Also known as Big Blue Octopus. Found in Pacific and Indian Oceans, from Hawaii to the eastern coast of Africa. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Day Octopus (Octopus cyanea), swimming in mid water. Also known as Big Blue Octopus. Found in Pacific and Indian Oceans, from Hawaii to the eastern coast of Africa. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Day Octopus (Octopus cyanea), swimming in mid water. Also known as Big Blue Octopus. Found in Pacific and Indian Oceans, from Hawaii to the eastern coast of Africa. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Close detail of the eye of a Day Octopus (Octopus cyanea). Also known as Big Blue Octopus. Found in Pacific and Indian Oceans, from Hawaii to the eastern coast of Africa. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver observing a Day Octopus (Octopus cyanea), swimming in mid water. Also known as Big Blue Octopus. Found in Pacific and Indian Oceans, from Hawaii to the eastern coast of Africa. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Day Octopus (Octopus cyanea), swimming in mid water. Also known as Big Blue Octopus. Found in Pacific and Indian Oceans, from Hawaii to the eastern coast of Africa. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Day Octopus (Octopus cyanea), swimming in mid water. Also known as Big Blue Octopus. Found in Pacific and Indian Oceans, from Hawaii to the eastern coast of Africa. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Day Octopus (Octopus cyanea), swimming in mid water. Also known as Big Blue Octopus. Found in Pacific and Indian Oceans, from Hawaii to the eastern coast of Africa. Photo taken off Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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