Creatures from the Twilight Zone
Just a photographic blog... They speak for themselves :)
17.08.2011 - 18.08.2011 34 °C
Cerianthus filiformis or 'Tube Anemone'
Nudibranch; or more correctly, Phyllidia ocellata
Squid. Supersized!
Phyllidia varicosa
Chromodoris willani
I'm pretty certain they based a Star Wars character on this octopus.
Phyllidiopsis pipeki
Phyllidiopsis pipeki... yes I'm a nerd. So what!?
A crazy new species of nudibranch that not even Jayson has ever seen in the bay before, nor does it appear exactly in my Nudibranch Behaviour book (my brother is saying NERD!). The best I can assume is that he is an Aegires serenae; a Western pacific dorid nudibranch. Interestingly we are on the wrong side of the Philippines to be in the Western pacific....
Yes, I know you've already seen him, but he definitely fits with the theme!
Posted by VascoDiveMaster 18:35 Archived in Philippines Tagged padi museum philippines paradise national scuba sharks wreck mystery dynasty pottery species discovery octopus zambales ceramics anemone ming scientific nudibranch salvage deputy wreck_diving flatworm