Nudibranch - Verconia alboannulata

This Nudibranch species Verconia alboannulata has a snynonym - Noumea alboannulata.
The picture shows my little finger next to the Nudibranch, for size reference, length less than 1 cm but slim.
Next to is is a white spiral stuff, which looks like the eggs of Nudibranch, but not sure if it is the eggs of this particular Nudibranch.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Amazing, a few cms yet a whole world in its own. Posted 8 years ago
1. Albert Kang
  
  Lion
  
  Yes, and if you observed further, this is on the sandy/rubble bottom.
  We call this muck diving - in sandy and sea grass areas. Not many divers can appreciates diving in such areas as at a glance, there is nothing much and it lacks colours. However, if you know what to look for, you will start seeing lots of organism and many of them are very colourful, if you have lights on them. Posted 8 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Cool, sounds like typical macro photography, but a lot more difficult :) Posted 8 years ago
  2. 1. Albert Kang
      
      Lion
      
      Yes, underwater photography in general is more challenging than on land and quite a few serious underwater photographers are going into extreme macro, with subjects as small as 1-2 mm! Posted 8 years ago

The Verconia alboannulata

''Verconia alboannulata'' is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.

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Similar species: Sea Slugs

Species identified by Albert Kang