Sentences with phrase «nudibranch sea»

Love is in the air and with that in mind, here's a glance at how the nudibranch sea slugs do Cole Porter proud.

While no bunny at all — a nudibranch sea slug, to be exact — these ocean creatures are some of the most flamboyant animals on the planet.

WARM waters in the Pacific Ocean are encouraging dozens of species of nudibranch sea slugs to head north at a surprising pace.

Not exact matches

Unlike most sea slugs that crawl on coral reefs, the nudibranch Fiona pinnata lives on the go.

And it's an honest warning: the nudibranch incorporates chemicals from the skin of its primary prey, sea squirts, into a foul - tasting mucus that predators deplore.

University of Queensland Visual Ecology Lab member Dr Karen Cheney, of the School of Biological Sciences, said researchers examined sea slugs, or nudibranchs, which had bright colour patterns to warn predators they contained toxic defences.

Auckland, New Zealand About Blog Underwater photographer Alison Perkins based in New Zealand capturing beautiful photos of sharks, nudibranchs, caves and sea creatures.

Auckland, New Zealand About Blog Underwater photographer Alison Perkins based in New Zealand capturing beautiful photos of sharks, nudibranchs, caves and sea creatures.

Retailers will want to stock varieties of sponges, zoanthids, anemones, tube anemones, sea slugs, nudibranchs, Tridacna clams, thorny oysters, flame scallops, feather - duster worms, lobsters, sea urchins, sea cucumbers and tunicates.

Consider stocking at least a few representatives from each of the following groups: Sponges — many types, shapes, sizes and colors Zoanthids — colonial anemones (some can be harmful to true corals) Anemones — short tentacle, long tentacle and carpet Corallimorphs — mushroom anemones, Ricordea, Discosoma and elephant - ear Cerianthids — tube - dwelling anemones Mollusks (with and without shell)-- sea slugs, sea hares, nudibranches, turbo snails and many types of living shells and clams Cephalopods — octopus and cuttlefish Worms — feather dusters Arthropods — crabs, hermit crabs, shrimp and lobsters Echinoderms — sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea stars (starfish), serpent stars and brittle stars.

Then, of course, there are the shell-less «naked» snails, commonly called sea slugs, sea hares and nudibranches.

It is very common to see bat fish, sea snakes, cuttlefish, a large variety of nudibranchs, invertebrates and octopus.

This protected area has no less than: 360 different coral and 600 fish species, 11 sharks and 13 whales and dolphins, 6 sea turtles, mantas and nudibranchs.

The diversity of marine life is exceptional and Bali provides one of the few opportunities for divers to see the mighty mola (oceanic sunfish — mola ramsayi) manta rays and other large pelagics — but diving in Bali is not only for «big fish» enthusiasts, macro divers have a selection of treats awaiting them too — the pygmy sea horse, frogfishes, ghost pipe fish and a plethora of nudibranch species to name but a few can all be found on Bali's fringing coral reefs.

Relish in the trumpetfish, clown fish, sea horses and nudibranchs that populate the area.

The purple lady nudibranch or Flabellina funeka, is a species of aeolid nudibranch, and is a very colourful sea slug.

This week in Belongas... we have an outstanding amount of Redtooth trigger fish, sea cobras, nudibranchs, white tip reef sharks and eagle rays but this week its been the mobula rays that have made diving special as they have been counted on every dive.

There is also a diving site nearby which is good for exploring rock formations and sea slugs (nudibranch).

Haystack Rock's tidepools are home to many intertidal animals, including sea stars, anemone, crabs, chitons, limpets and nudibranchs.

A trained eye will find varieties of crabs, snails, limpets, coral, sponge and colorful sea slugs known as nudibranchs.

Creature Feature Index Barracuda Bumphead Parrotfish Clownfish Clown Triggerfish Cuttlefish Dolphins Dwarf Minke Whales Frogfish Giant Galapagos Tortoises Great White Sharks Harlequin Ghostpipefish Komodo Dragons Leopard Sharks Lionfish Mandarinfish Manta Rays Marine Iguanas Mimic Octopus Moray Eels Napoleon Wrasse Nudibranchs Orang Utans Scalloped Hammerhead Sharks Sea Horses Sea Lions Sunfish Tawny Nurse Sharks Titan Triggerfish Trevallies Turtles Whale Sharks Wobbegongs

Characteristics: relaxing drift dive with rock formations, plenty of soft corals and hard corals, clams, nudibranchs, feather stars, sea squirts, tropical fish

Location: about 600 meters opposite to the southern end of Bulabog Beach Access: either by boat or from the shore Experience: all divers Depth: 5 - 20 meters Visibility: up to 20 meters Current: low - moderate Characteristics: reef drift dive with sea snakes, sea cucumbers, sea stars, moray eels, nudibranchs, anemones, soft corals, hard corals

Location: opposite White Beach, Station 2 Access: about 10 minutes by boat from White Beach Experience: advanced divers Depth: 18 - 36 meters Current: moderate - strong Characteristics: wall, reef dive with soft corals, hard corals, sea fans, nudibranchs, moray eels

Location: north, northeast of Boracay Access: about 25 minutes by boat from White Beach Experience: advanced divers and technical divers Depth: up to 70 meters Visibility: 10 - 30 meters Current: strong Characteristics: 3 dive sites - Yapak I and Yapak II, two different reef walls begin at 30 meters and drop down to 70 meters at Yapak III, wide diversity of fish, tuna, barracuda, snapper, jacks, sharks, and manta rays have been seen, sea turtles, sea snakes, sponges, nudibranchs, corals

Auckland, New Zealand About Blog Underwater photographer Alison Perkins based in New Zealand capturing beautiful photos of sharks, nudibranchs, caves and sea creatures.

Location: southeast of Boracay, in the Tabon Strait Access: about 25 minutes by boat from White Beach Experience: advanced divers Depth: 5 - 20 meters Visibility: up to 30 meters Current: strong Characteristics: 2 dive sites (small Laurel and big Laurel) with walls, tunnel, reef, many fish species, sponges, sea cucumbers, sea stars, sea snakes, nudibranchs, soft corals, hard corals, black corals, leathery corals good for photography

Marine invertebrates include sea stars, sea cucumbers, anemones, nudibranchs, etc..

In 1 dive I saw 3 torpedo rays, a pink frogfish, a candy crab, a sea horse, a crocodile fish and a clown nudibranch (gymondoris).

We found reef squid, octopus, some colourful Caribbean Sea nudibranchs, arrow and neck crabs, or spotted anemone shrimps on every dive.

Turtles, Lion Fish, and Nudibranch, Oh my... Diving around the Indonesian triangle comprised of Gili Air, Amed, and Lembongan, there is so much sea life that it is easy to overlook the everyday critters that tend to get forgotten throughout our dive since we are looking for the «Big» fish in the ocean blue or...

With many black sand beaches along the Amed coast, we have exceptional critter diving - many species of nudibranchs, seahorses, ghost pipefish and frogfish, along with weird and wonderful pipefish, sea moths, octopus and cuttlefish, shrimps of all shapes and sizes..

See: Angelfish, surgeon fish, nudibranchs, sponges and sea slugs.

However at night a different world comes to live, a world where you will see Spanish dancers, the school of huge Bumphead parrotfish in their sleeping cocoons, Flashlight fish, Bobtail squid, sea moths, ghost pipefish, cuttlefish, starry night octopus, mimic octopus and different kinds of nudibranchs!

An eagle eye can be rewarded with sights such as pygmy seahorses, sea snakes (and snake eels), frogfish, tiger prawn, cuttlefish and various nudibranchs.

Watch this Khao Lak diving video with underwater footage from the nearby Similan Islands and Koh Bon, including bumphead parrotfish, cave sweepers, sea snakes, zebra morays, nudibranchs and lionfish.

You will come across nudibranchs, lionfish, leopard sharks, sea snakes, clown triggerfish, sweetlips, shrimp, just keep the -LSB-...]

Here, you will come across number nudibranchs (lettuce leaf sea slugs), juvenile flounder, sea hares (a / k / a water bunnies), box crabs and squid ranging from juvenile to full grown.

Past the cobbles are some of the best tide pools in the area, accessible at low tide and home to a near - infinite variety of sea anemones, sea stars, urchins, nudibranchs, crabs, mussels, and other critters.

You can join other experienced scuba divers here all year round and we are always finding amazing creatures, with angel sharks, nudibranches and rays in winter and spring, sea - horses and triggerfish in summer and big shoals all year round.

You can swim in the sea with mantas, stingrays, sharks, barracudas, turtles, lobsters, nudibranches and many species of fish.

There is a large variety such marine vegetation, particularly sea weed, and numerous organisms include abalone, anemones, brown seaweed, chitons, crabs, green algae, hydroids, isopods, limpets, mussels, nudibranchs, sculpin, sea cucumber, sea lettuce, sea palms, sea stars, sea urchins, shrimp, snails, sponges, surf grass, tube worms, and whelks.

The more popular dive sites feature a wide array of colourful fish and corals, including sea turtles, stingrays, parrot fish and nudibranchs.

Not only the big guys but several species of Pygmy sea horses, nudibranchs and flatworms that were also spotted along the dives in Raja Ampat.

Huge barrel sponges and Gorgonians dominated this reef; in a single sponge you can find sheltering a number of Lionfish, Shrimps, Worms, Nudibranch and other varieties of macro sea life.

It is is easy to see some interesting corals here that are home to numerous sea creatures some of which are; nudibranchs, stingrays, scorption fish, octopus and lots more..

The Japanese shipwreck in Lipah Bay is quite a small wreck, but it's overgrown with corals in places, such as around the ship's propeller, with large gorgonian fans and sponges that have become playgrounds for schools of small reef fish, nudibranchs and varieties of other sea critters that macro photographers will love.

It has everything from nudibranchs and sea snakes to turtles, bull rays and the Giant Queensland Grouper.

This dive site was ideal for macro lovers considering the abundant amount of colorful nudibranchs, sea slugs and flatworms spotted by our dive guides especially in the shallows, together with crustaceans like the Hairy Shrimp; besides that it was an opportunity to spot a Denise Pygmy Seahorse!

Some of the marine life seen during the dive included: Banded Sea Snake, Day Octopus, Hawksbill Turtle and smaller creatures, like the Bargibanti Pygmy Seahorse, nudibranchs, five different kinds of flatworms, headshield slug, Hairy Shrimp and even a nocturnal Epaulette Shark.