New Year Nudibranchs updates!

We recently shared a blog post about nudibranchs and wanted to update you on some of our discoveries in case you find any nudibranch in the wild! A great place to help you ID nudibranchs is Inaturalist, or if you need help identifying plant or animals species. It is a great way to contribute observations and participate in citizen science! Below we have three species of nudibranchs recently found. One of them was sent to us from a pal who works down on Tybee Island, GA. If you’d like to read some basic information about nudibranchs, here’s the link to our older blog post!

Pictured below is the striped nudibranch, Cratena pilata. This nudibranch was found on one of our crab traps. When we find them, they are camouflaged in the hydroids that grow on the traps and look like little goops! Then when you put them in water they are stunning.

Striped nudibranch, Cratena pilata

This a different type of nudibranch that was our first time finding on a crab trap this winter! It is called Geitodoris immunda! This is a type of Dorid nudibranch.

Geitodoris immunda

Our last nudibranch pictured is actually from the jetties at North Beach on Tybee Island, Georgia! It was sent to us by a pal and this colorful curly nudibranch is a Brazilian Aeolid, Spurilla braziliana.

Brazilian Aeolid—(Spurilla braziliana) Nudibranch