“Phidiana lynceus” Nudibranch

It was a fantastic night dive last night, at least the last half was.  As soon as the current subsided, everything came out in “Nudi World”. In a very small area of hydroids, I found two different species of sea spiders that I have never seen before.  One was pretty big, reddish in color with yellow patches on its legs. The other was huge and beige. Diane, who had also found a specimen nicknamed it the “taranchula”.  Also in the same area were many nudibranchs – pink, red, orange, brown, blue, purple – too many to manage to photograph.  A large seahorse was trying to hide in plain sight and a bobbit worm was out looking for hydroids to munch on (or whatever they eat).  But my favorite of the evening was the big “Phidiana lynceus” nudibranch that Anne found.

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