 Babakina caprinsulensis Babakina caprinsulensis is a rare nudibranch that has only been documented in New Zealand. I thank mollusc-expert Dr Richard Willan for his identification of this species. He says that a distinctive feature of this nudibranch is the way that the rhinophores sit next to each other on top of the head, as though they were connected together.
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 Janolus ignis During the day Janolus ignis hides within clumps of the bryozoan Orthoscuticella aff. margaritacea. Emerging at night, it is one of the fastest moving nudibranchs I have encountered.
 Introducing Dendrodoris krusensternii In August the distinctive creamy brown nudibranch with bulbous nodules and fluorescent blue spots, known in New Zealand by the common name Gem Nudibranch, underwent a name change from Dendrodoris denisoni to Dendrodoris krusensternii.
 The moray the merrier A pair of Grey Moray Eels (Gymnothorax nubilus) share a hidey hole on a deep reef at the Poor Knights Islands.
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