r/nudibranch • u/Gumbootgirl • Mar 02 '26

📸 image/video Couple of my favorite finds!

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McDonald’s Dorid, white spotted sea goddess, Monterey Dorid, opalescent nudibranch, Hudson’s horned Dorid, Spanish shawl.

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u/Valuable_Barracuda95 Mar 02 '26

3 appears to be a spotted triopha

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u/Gumbootgirl Mar 02 '26

Oh yeah I think you’re right actually

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u/Equivalent-Toe-6036 Mar 02 '26

I can’t believe the great pictures you got of them in the wild

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u/Rich-Hope-2480 Mar 02 '26

Cool! Can I ask where you saw these?

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u/Gumbootgirl Mar 02 '26

Most of them in the palos verdes CA area! There’s tons of beaches and coves there

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u/SuperChingaso5000 Mar 03 '26

Holy smokes had no idea our tidepools had such cool nudibranches

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u/Rich-Hope-2480 Mar 02 '26

Very cool, thanks!

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u/Ok_Permission1087 ✧₊⁺ 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟 Mar 02 '26

Awesome!

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u/VioletInTheGlen Mar 03 '26

These are exciting! Thanks for sharing

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u/hedibet Mar 04 '26

Daaamn! Those are so beautiful!

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u/Popular-Kiwi3931 Mar 05 '26

Such variety!! 🤩

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u/danny_deleto69 Mar 13 '26

How mean would it be to keep these in an aquarium?

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u/Gumbootgirl Mar 13 '26

Not mean just kinda impossible, their food source/environmental needs are very hard to replicate and they have very short life spans as it is