T. netrix??
Third photo comparing S. cepulla (right) with S. thaanumi (left).
Way back in a hole in a coral bommie.
Dive site Kapalua Bay. Max depth 17 ft/5m, avg depth 12 ft/3.5, avg temp 78 F/25.5C.
Dive site Ma'alaea Bay. Max depth 13ft/4m, water temp 80F/27C.
Tidepooling. White stripes on this one.
Tidepooling. Emitted yellow/orange fluid when picked up which stained my fingers for about an hour. Despite how the photo looks I was gentle and the slug was perfectly fine.
Tidepooling. Mating ball. My flash had just died, and these were in deepish water with the incoming tide rushing in, so this is as good of photos as I got.
Tidepooling. Very exciting Halgerda-ish find under a rock! When I turned the rock over this critter did the usual thing of immediately heading at top speed for the other side of the rock, but on its way it happened to intersect a patch of little purple tunicates, which it hung out on for a while. I was suspicious it was eating them, and indeed it was! Last two photos show the before and after of the tunicate patch. Those photos are only 5 minutes apart, so it didn't take very long for it to take two whole pieces out of the tunicate pie.
Dive at Molokini from the sand channel mooring. Max depth 70.5ft / 21.5m, avg temp 76F / 24C.
Unusually bold, got to actually see its fins and whole body.
in wet area on car