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Hermissenda opalescens (Opalescent Nudibranch)
Scientific name: Hermissenda opalescens

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Mollusca → Class Gastropoda → Subclass Heterobranchia → Infraclass Euthyneura → Subterclass Ringipleura → Superorder Nudipleura → Order Nudibranchia → Suborder Cladobranchia → Superfamily Aeolidioidea → Family Myrrhinidae → Genus Hermissenda

Common name: Opalescent Nudibranch
Locations: Eastern Pacific
Group: Marine LifeInvertebratesNudibranchs

Renamed recently; see https://www.scubaboard.com/community/threads/will-the-real-hermissenda-crassicornis-please-stand-up.533924/

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Hermissenda opalescens (Opalescent Nudibranch)
Hermissenda opalescens (Opalescent Nudibranch)
Hermissenda opalescens (Opalescent Nudibranch)
Hermissenda opalescens (Opalescent Nudibranch)
Hermissenda opalescens (Opalescent Nudibranch)
Hermissenda opalescens (Opalescent Nudibranch)
Hermissenda opalescens (Opalescent Nudibranch)
Hermissenda opalescens (Opalescent Nudibranch)
Hermissenda opalescens (Opalescent Nudibranch)
Eating hydroids
Hermissenda opalescens (Opalescent Nudibranch)
Hermissenda opalescens (Opalescent Nudibranch)
Tiny, just a few mm long
Hermissenda opalescens (Opalescent Nudibranch)
Hermissenda opalescens (Opalescent Nudibranch)
Hermissenda opalescens (Opalescent Nudibranch)
Hermissenda opalescens (Opalescent Nudibranch)
Hermissenda opalescens (Opalescent Nudibranch)
Fighting. The winner eats the loser.
Hermissenda opalescens (Opalescent Nudibranch)
Hermissenda opalescens (Opalescent Nudibranch)
Laying eggs
Hermissenda opalescens (Opalescent Nudibranch)
Hermissenda opalescens (Opalescent Nudibranch)
Really tiny one
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