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| Red margin spanish dancer nudibranch |
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swimming Spanish Dancer and reflection |
Sometimes you just get lucky, but it helps to know what you are looking
for. Even though this nudibranch is bright red and yellow it can still
be easy to pass right by. Heidi and I have come to look for these after
the sun has set. And if we are lucky enough we might even get to see one
dance its way through the water like we did this night. With a very
fast shutter speed and a bit more luck we got some shots of this Spanish
Dancer nudibranch mid-action. When it would swim up close to the
surface of the tide pool I could capture its reflection as well.
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| fits right in the palm of your hand |
While this spanish dancer could easily fit into the palm of your hand it will someday grow into the largest nudibranch in the world. Adults lay eggs attached to rocky reefs in the shape of a rose...which are bigger than this juvenile. Of course thousands of babies even smaller than this will emerge out of that rosy egg patch.
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