Phyllidiella pustulosa
(1: Plate Lunch, Kauai / 2: Garden Eel Cove, Kona / 3: End of the World, Molokini / 4: Reef's End, Molokini / 5: First Cathedral, Lanai / 6: Amber's Arches, Kauai / 7: Cliffhanger, Kauai / 8: Paradise Pinnacle, Kona)
Red-Spotted NudibranchChromodoris (sp.?)
(1: Harbor Ledges, Kauai / 2: Pyramid Point, Lehua)
Redmargin Spanish DancerHexabranchus pulchellus
(1-3: Harbor Ledges, Kauai / 4: Hale O Honu, Kauai)
Rosy PhyllidiaPhyllidiella rosans
(1: Barge Harbor North, Lanai)
Scott Johnson's NudibranchArdeadoris scottjohnsoni
Snow-Goddess NudibranchGlossodoris poliahu
(1: Second Cathedral, Lanai)
Sphinx PhyllidiaPhyllidiopsis sphingis
(1: Second Cathedral, Lanai)
Thuridilla MultimarginataThuridilla multimarginata
Less than 2 mm long. This is the smallest thing I've intentionally photographed underwater. Seen rarely enough it doesn't have a common name.
Tom Smith's NudibranchGlossodoris tomsmithi
(1: End of the World, Molokini / 2: Amber's Arches, Kauai / 3-4: Vertical Awareness, Lehua)
Trembling NudibranchChromodoris vibrata
(1-2: Kua Bay, Kona / 3: Horseshoe Reef, Oahu / 4-7: Mala Pier, Maui / 8: Harbor Ledges, Kauai)
Varicose PhyllidiaPhyllidia varicosa
(1: Golden Arches, Kona / 2: Fast Lanes, Kauai / 3: Coral Galleries, Kauai / 4: End of the World, Molokini / 5: Mala Pier, Maui / 6: Vertical Awareness, Lehua / 7: Mile Marker 4, Kona / 8: Pine Trees Point, Kona)
This one is big and a bit worse for wear; it's likely an older one:
White-Bump NudibranchChromodoris albopustulosa
(1: Niihau Arches, Niihau)
White-Margin NudibranchGlossorodis rufomarginata
(1: Garden Eel Cove, Kona / 2-3: Golden Arches, Kona / 4-6: Mala Pier, Maui / 7: Pine Trees Point, Kona / 8: Moray Eel Cove, Kona)
Nudibranch EggsNudibranchs lay their eggs in a spiral ribbon that resembles a rose.
These are probably from a redmargin spanish dancer:
(1: Second Cathedral, Lanai / 2: Menpachi Caves, Lanai / 3: Kanaka Nui, Kauai / 4: Pinnacles, Oahu / 5: Barge Harbor North, Lanai / 6: Cliffhanger, Kauai)
These are from some other nudibranch:
(1: Coral Galleries, Kauai)
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