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Nudibranch Nerd @nudibranchnerd.bsky.social · Jun 7

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!

a screenshot from the inaturalist app showing almost 60,000 observations of 595 species of nudibranchs around the European continent's coastlines

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Nudibranch Nerd @nudibranchnerd.bsky.social · Jun 4

what's your region if you don't mind me asking?

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Nudibranch Nerd @nudibranchnerd.bsky.social · Jun 4

found some sexy yellow-spotted millipedes amongst the redwoods 🌿

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Nudibranch Nerd @nudibranchnerd.bsky.social · Jun 4

tiny coastal jewels

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Nudibranch Nerd @nudibranchnerd.bsky.social · Jun 4

it's been a minute but the spring was bustling with great tidepooling! I found my first Olive's & Hilton's aeolid nudibranchs

🌊🌿🐙🦑🌎

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

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Nudibranch Nerd @nudibranchnerd.bsky.social · Apr 22

EXCUSE ME TELL ME THESE ARE REAL

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Dispel Dice | Next: PAX Unplugged @dispeldice.bsky.social · Apr 21

🪸 Send me Nudis 🪸

Nudibranch dice! Inspired by sea slugs and my most recent diving trip!

#dice #dnd #ttrpg

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Saimi Hanma ⚔️ @saimihanma.bsky.social · Apr 22

I hate all this. I just wanna play games, watch anime and look for invertebrates.

Here, have a rainbow dendronotus nudibranch.

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

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sosboss.bsky.social @sosboss.bsky.social · Apr 14

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.

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Simply Mi @simply-mi.bsky.social · Apr 15

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.

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Nature Is Fucking Lit @cudanammy.com · Apr 18

A Hooded Nudibranch swims through the Salish Sea - Read more interesting things here: https://bit.ly/489Ls8D #nature #animals #natureisfuckinglit #awesome #amazing #trendclass="text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400">#trends #trend #short

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · Apr 15

Take me back into the arms I love

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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Maryjanna Zosia 🦊⛰️ they/iad & she/i @invertebae.bsky.social · Apr 18

absolutely disgusting to hear autistic people brushed with such broad strokes & he can keep autistics with high support needs out of his mouth

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Nudibranch Nerd @nudibranchnerd.bsky.social · Apr 18

silly bee, that's not a real sunflower, it's my sunflower star model

🌊🐙🦑🌿🌎

a honey bee crawling on my painted model of a sunflower sea star

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Nudibranch Nerd @nudibranchnerd.bsky.social · Apr 11

I caught a pair of velella to show guests on our boat what they look like before they wash up & dry up on the beach, but I think the crew was even more obsessed because they even named them

I released the velella back into the ocean at the end of the trip

🌊🐙🦑🌿🌎

top view of a pair of Velella velella in a clear bowl with sea water

a side view of the Velella velella in a clear bowl with sea water

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Nudibranch Nerd @nudibranchnerd.bsky.social · Mar 30

while I love the invertebrates I find in the wild, this is my invertebrate at home having one of his no bones days (which is every day for this 17 y/o senior) 🐱🐈

my orange tabby cat lay between my partner and I's legs with his body pointed in one direction, but one leg and his head bent in the opposite direction

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Nudibranch Nerd @nudibranchnerd.bsky.social · Mar 30

while I love the invertebrates I find in the wild, this is my invertebrate at home having one of his no bones days (which is every day for this 17 y/o senior) 🐱🐈

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🌌 Danielle @galaxygallimaufry.bsky.social · Mar 29

✨💜 galaxsea slug 💜✨

We have some lore on the stream about sea slugs - they are actually alien creatures and some of them relocated to the ocean long ago. The ones still in space are galaxy slugs and live on asteroids lol

#digitalart #seaslug #galaxyart #art #constellations #twitchstreamer

A fictional sea slug that looks like it's a glowing blue and purple galaxy with lots of stars and some constellations (with lines connecting the stars together). The background is of space, with some stars and dark purple and blue nebulas.

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Jenna Inglese | Flora and Fauna Log @jennainglese.bsky.social · Mar 29

White lined dirona

These guys feed on hydroids, bryozoans, crustaceans, ascidians, and snails.

#nudibranch #whitelineddirona #pugetsound #pnwwildlife #washingtonwildlife #salishsea #uwmacrophotography #uwmacro #olympustg6 #wildlifephotography

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Miniscule Deviations @minideviations.bsky.social · Mar 29

Sea hares for day 17 of daily sketching :)

#art #sketch #nature #doodle

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The Wildlife Trust SW Wales Swansea Group @wtswwswanseagroup.bsky.social · Mar 30

A perfect day and a great turn-out of 40+ people for the Mumbles Seashore Safari yesterday led by Matt Green and Winter Dotto of Marine Matters. Huge thanks to them! Fab finds including a glamorous Nudibranch, baked bean sea squirts and native oysters!
#Nudibranchs #Sponges #MarineLife #WTSWW

A galaxy of starfish at the base of encrusting sponges on a Mumbles Pier pillar.

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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · Mar 28

Make like a nudibranch and slooow down in our latest installment of Krill Waves Radio! 🎧

Settle with spectacular sea slugs as they sway to soothing lo-fi beats: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOeQ...

2 Hours of Nudibranchs to Relax/Study To! | Lofi Hip Hop | Monterey Bay Aquarium Krill Waves Radio

YouTube video by Monterey Bay Aquarium

www.youtube.com

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Maryjanna Zosia 🦊⛰️ they/iad & she/i @invertebae.bsky.social · Mar 28

just a queenfisher doing queenfisher shit in Morro Bay 🪶📷

a female belted kingfisher standing on a dock piling, projectile pooping into the air

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · Mar 28

Here, take an octopus knitting my feelings for your Friday morning. Happy almost weekend

🐙🐡🦑

An illustration of a ruby octopus holding up their knitting project that is says “Im trying my best” while they hold a ball of yarn and a water bottle in the other two hands. The background is yellow with a pale white gradient behind the knitting project. The text at the top reads “please be patient” so the full message is “please be patient im trying my best”

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