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Nudibranch - Nembrotha mullineri Nembrotha mullineri Nudibranch is a white-black nembrothid that grows to at least 50 mm in length. The body is creamy-white, with longitudinal black-brown lines. The rhinophores and gills are black. Cebu,Geotagged,Malapascua,Nembrotha mullineri,Nudibranch,Philippines,Spring Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Nudibranch - Nembrotha mullineri

Nembrotha mullineri Nudibranch is a white-black nembrothid that grows to at least 50 mm in length. The body is creamy-white, with longitudinal black-brown lines. The rhinophores and gills are black.

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
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    Awesome! Equally great are the black/transparent cones in the foreground. What are they? Posted 8 years ago
    1. View Albert Kang's profile
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      Thanks, Ferdy :)

      Those transparent stuff ate Tunicates. Not all of them are transparent.
      I have posted a few, but it can be a challenge to get the IDs :

      Tunicates This 2 Tunicates are small in size, less than 1 cm in height.<br /> Usually, they are found in a cluster or colony.<br /> This one is translucent in colour with specks of whites.<br /> <br /> They are marine filter feeders with a water-filled, sac-like body structure and two tubular openings, known as siphons, through which they draw in and expel water. During their respiration and feeding, they take in water through the incurrent (or inhalant) siphon and expel the filtered water through the excurrent (or exhalant) siphon. Most adult tunicates are sessile and are permanently attached to rocks or other hard surfaces on the ocean floor; others, such as salps, doliolids and pyrosomes, swim in the pelagic zone of the sea as adults. Various species are commonly known as sea squirts, sea pork, sea livers, or sea tulips. Anilao,Geotagged,Philippines,Tunicates,Winter


      Fluorescent Blue Tunicate - Rhopalaea crassa This Fluorescent Blue Tunicates - Rhopalaea crassa, is around 3 cm in height. Tunicate, also called urochordate , any member of the subphylum Tunicata (Urochordata) of the phylum Chordata. Small marine animals, they are found in great numbers throughout the seas of the world. Adult members are commonly embedded in a tough secreted tunic containing cellulose (a glucose polysaccharide not normally found in animals). The less modified forms are benthic (bottom-dwelling and sessile), while the more advanced forms are pelagic (floating and swimming in open water). A characteristic tadpole larva develops in the life cycle, and in one group (the appendicularians, or larvaceans) the adult closely resembles this larva, which has many features in common with other chordates. Most chordate features disappear at metamorphosis. Fluorescent Blue Tunicate,Geotagged,Philippines,Rhopalaea crassa,Tunicate,Winter,cebu,moal-boal


      Bunch of Lollipop Tunicates - Nephtheis fascicularis This Lollipos Tunicates - Nephtheis fascicularis are usually found in a bunch and each lollipop itself is a colony of tunicates! Anilao,Batangas,Geotagged,Lollipop Tunicate,Nephtheis fascicularis,Philippines,Summer


      and there are a few posted by Marta.
      Will post a few others in the future :D       Posted 8 years ago
      1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
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        Thanks for refreshing my memory. You've posted so many amazing species that I can't remember them all. They seem like a very interesting category of life! Posted 8 years ago
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          Yes, but many divers tends to overlook them as they are sessile in nature. Also, quite often they are tiny in size and their intricate details doesn't shows up unless you do some serious macro photography. Posted 8 years ago

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The Nembrotha mullineri

''Nembrotha mullineri'' is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. It was first described in 1997.

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Uploaded Dec 7, 2016. Captured Apr 4, 2016 13:53 in Unnamed Road, Daanbantayan, Cebu, Philippines.
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