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Nudibranch
Dendrodoris carbunculosa
11.4989, 124.085
Field Notes
Description:
Large Nudibranch of at least 30 cm but they are known to grow as big as 40 cm. A true giant among Nudibranch as most species are just around 3-4 cm in size.
This one was just plain cream coloured with lots of bumps all over its body.
Pic#1 is a close-up of the front/head showing more details of the Rhinopores. Pic#4 is taken with the dive guide posing next to it to show the size reference.
Habitat:
They are mostly nocturnal species, so was surprised to find this at around 10 meters depth during a day time dive in Gato Island. It was a cloudy day, so probably this one was comfortable to come out during day time.
Notes:
New Organism to Project Noah.
The genus of this Nudibranch are known for their large size. Another species from the same genus can be seen in this Spotting :
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