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Spawning anemones

28/7/2016

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Spawning female jewel anemones in New Zealand

Spawning anemones

It's a mystery how they synchronise... when the phase of moon and tides align New Zealand's jewel anemones explode in a mass spawning event.
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Male jewel anemones

13/7/2016

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Male Jewel anemone getting ready to spawn in New Zealand

Male jewel anemones

In the New Zealand winter jewel anemones swell with eggs and sperm in the lead up to a mass spawning event.
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Demoiselle nest site

10/2/2016

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Male Demoiselle (Chromis dispilus) guarding eggs at nest site

Demoiselle nest site

During the summer spawning season male Demoiselles hug the rock, protecting their nest site and its silvery patch of eggs.
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Clown nudibranchs

15/1/2016

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Spawning Clown nudibranchs (Ceratosoma amoenum) in New Zealand

Clown nudibranchs

Clown nudibranchs (Ceratosoma amoenum) are one of the most common nudibranchs on the east coast of the far north of New Zealand. Individuals come together to copulate and may even form groups.
Clown nudibranchs (Ceratosoma amoenum) grouping together to spawn in New Zealand
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Blue-spotted Elysia

2/12/2015

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A pair of Blue-spotted Elysia sea slugs (Elysia sp.) prepare for mating

Blue-spotted Elysia

Like most sea slugs, Elysia sp. sap-suckers are hermaphrodites. The reproductive genital openings are found on the right side of the body in the neck area. The slugs coil together in a head to tail position to line up their genital papillae for copulation.
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Have you seen this undescribed Trinchesia nudibranch?

7/10/2015

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Undescribed species of Trinchesia nudibranch from the Poor Knights Islands

Have you seen this undescribed Trinchesia nudibranch?

Taken on a night dive in Blue Maomao Arch at the Poor Knights Islands in New Zealand, these photographs have been reviewed by mollusc expert Dr Willan and this nudibranch is an undescribed species of Trinchesia - a new species to science.

Two individuals were discovered at a depth of about eight metres and appeared to be spawning, laying down a white egg coil. The specimens were approximately 30 millimetres long. Have you seen this nudibranch? Please email [email protected].
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Feeding eagle ray

28/4/2015

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Eagle ray feeding in the entrance of Scary Cave with DPV diver

Feeding eagle ray

A silty haze in the entrance of Scary Cave at the Poor Knights Islands was being produced by this eagle ray as it hoovered around in the sand for food. A male sandager's wrasse was skulking nearby hoping to nab a tasty morsel.
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Male demoiselle guarding nest

12/3/2015

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Male demoiselle (Chromis dispilus) guarding his nest of eggs in New Zealand

Male demoiselle guarding nest

Having turned a vivid blue for breeding season, a small male demoiselle will not hesitate to confront a predator many times its size when guarding his nest of eggs.
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Happy Valentine's Day

15/2/2015

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A pair of Clown nudibranchs (Ceratosoma amoenum)

Happy Valentine's Day

I hope you're getting to spend it with a loved one.
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Ceratosoma amoenum reproduction

10/2/2015

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Clown nudibranch (Ceratosoma amoenum) laying an egg ribbon

_Ceratosoma amoenum nudibranch reproduction

Ceratosoma amoenum (the Clown nudibranch) is experiencing a boom in numbers on our New Zealand reefs right now. Reproductive behaviour can be observed, both copulation and the laying of egg ribbons.
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