it was wild moving to california & learning that many of the monarch butterflies migrate east to west, not north to south like they do east of the sierra nevadas
this is a cluster of overwintering monarchs on a eucalyptus in pacific grove's monarch sanctuary
(sorry it's backlit, early morning)
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a fluorescing mossy chiton on a rock surrounded by aggregating anemones
a fluorescing northern kelp crab in seagrass
a mossy chiton fluorescing among some.red seaweed
a starburst anemone fluorescing in a tidepool
I will never tidepool at night without a uv light again
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juvenile monkey-faced prickelback in a tidepool
a red rock crab in a tidepool
a pair of opalescent nudibranchs on a mussel shell in a tidepool
a cryptic little sculpin in a tidepool
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a shag-rug nudibranch with a hilton's aeolid in a glass bowl
a hilton's aeolid and a cockerell's dorid in a glass bowl
a sea lemon dorid in a glass bowl
a small spotted triopha dorid in a glass bowl with a sea lemon dorid
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a stiff-footed sea cucumber on some brown seaweed in a tidepool
a super tiny red aldisa nudibranch on a giant kelp blade
a sculpin in a tidepool
a purplish gray and orange dwarf mottled henricia sea star exposed to the air above a tidepool
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a colorful dirona holding onto the water's surface tension while an opalescent nudibranch crawls on some giant kelp nearby
a western brittle star looking cute and goofy in a glass bowl
a super tiny laguna beach aeolid in a glass bowl
a colorful dirona in a glass bowl
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white-speckled dorid crawling over a rock in a tidepool
a sculpin in a tidepool
a flame-lined chiton exposed to the air above a tidepool
a gumboot chiton in a tidepool
love a good wandering meatloaf & little tidepool sculpins
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a stubby dendronotid on red seaweed in a tidepool
a Pacific rock crab in a tidepool
a bright pink dwarf sea cucumber with their feeding appendages out in a tidepool
a woody chiton crawling on a rock in a tidepool
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a white-speckled dorid on red seaweed in a tidepool
a black abalone shell covered in barnacles, colonial tunicates, bryozoan, and others encrusting the shell
a less coated black abalone shell with bryozoans, colonial tunicates, and other tiny organisms encrusting the shell
a mutated orange bat star with six rays instead of five in a tidepool
I love how abalone shells can become mini reefs
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a tiny white-striped hermit crab in a wentletrap shell
a six-rayed star on a giant kelp blade
a large red orche star partially exposed to the air in a tidepool
a red cryptic kelp crab holding onto a clump of red and brown seaweeds
so many good finds while there was still daylight
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a small owl limpet fluorescing bright red and orange on a tidepool rock
a starburst anemone fluorescing bright green with pink and purple in a tidepool
a flame-lined chiton fluorescing in a tidepool
a striped shore crab fluorescing bright blue in a tidepool
one more night in the tidepools tonight & I had a blast seeing who fluoresces! just about every crustacean I found fluoresced including eelgrass isopods (couldn't get a good pic unfortunately)
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a hilton's aeolid crawling on a rock in a tidepool
a yellow-lined cadlina nudibranch on the sandy bottom of a tidepool
an orange white-speckled sea goddess nudibranch crawling over a mussel in some sea grass
a sea lemon dorid exposed to the air on some red seaweed
a little more tidepooling to find my favorite squishies
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a yellow brittle star in a glass bowl
why are brittle stars such adorable echinoderms? I feel like this is a betrayal of my lab to admit but they are my favorites to find in tidepools
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a mottled yellow and pink bat star with its arms spread wide on top of a bed of kelp
slutty bat star
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a gumboot chiton crawling over a rock in a tidepool
I love finding a good wandering meatloaf
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a fluorescing porcelain crab in a tidepool
a fluorescing flame-lined chiton in a tidepool
10/10 would recommend bringing a dark UV light nighttime tidepooling
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a cockerell's dorid and hilton's aeolid sea slugs in a glass bowl
a hilton's aeolid and a shag-rug nudibranch in a glass bowl
a colorful dirona in a glass bowl
nighttime king tidepooling!
a screenshot from the inaturalist app showing almost 60,000 observations of 595 species of nudibranchs around the European continent's coastlines
oh no! landlocked! there are quite a few nudibranch species in the North Sea & Mediterranean, in fact, @inaturalist.bsky.social says there are hundreds of species around the European coastlines, so if you ever get a chance to tidepooling, snorkeling, or diving, you can probably find some!
what's your region if you don't mind me asking?
found some sexy yellow-spotted millipedes amongst the redwoods 🌿
tiny coastal jewels
a pair of Hopkins' rose nudibranchs in a clear observation dish
a Hilton's aeolid nudibranch in a clear observation dish near a bright orange red sponge-eating dorid
a large white-speckled dorid next to a red sponge-eating dorid in a clear observation dish
a small Olive's aeolid nudibranch in a clear observation dish
it's been a minute but the spring was bustling with great tidepooling! I found my first Olive's & Hilton's aeolid nudibranchs
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EXCUSE ME TELL ME THESE ARE REAL
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Nudibranch dice! Inspired by sea slugs and my most recent diving trip!
#dice #dnd #ttrpg
a photo of a sea slug facing the camera, the body is translucent and it has big pokey yet squishy spines all over its body which are tipped in orange and white
I hate all this. I just wanna play games, watch anime and look for invertebrates.
Here, have a rainbow dendronotus nudibranch.
This is a nudibranch, or sea slug. I love finding them when I’m scuba diving and taking pictures of them as well. Always fun subjects for macro photography.
If it’s Monday…it’s Macro Monday.
Some #nudibranch from 04/05!
The new to me ones were the Stubby Dendronotid (first one) and the Hammerhead Doto, which I haven’t included here because this little dude is the size of a grain of rice and my camera just isn’t that good. Other three are Hopkins Rose, San Diego Dorid, and Opalescent.
A Hooded Nudibranch swims through the Salish Sea - Read more interesting things here: https://bit.ly/489Ls8D #nature #animals #natureisfuckinglit #awesome #amazing #trends #trend #short
nudibranch illustration. a sleek blue slug with limbs resembling feathery wings, black and white stripes throughout the body. corner text says Glaucus atlanticus, @franzanth.
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