Nudibranchs

March 10, 2006 6:19 AM

What are nudibranchs? Jewels of the sea. Page after page of photographs of these squishy hermaphrodites.
posted by Gator (20 comments total)

Related, but the links are now dead, so click here. Also, Wikipedia.
posted by Gator at 6:19 AM on March 10, 2006

beautiful...we'll turn this place into InvertebrateFilter yet!
posted by primer_dimer at 6:24 AM on March 10, 2006

primer_dimer writes "beautiful...we'll turn this place into InvertebrateFilter yet!"

And don't forget octopuses (or is it octopodes?)
posted by clevershark at 6:38 AM on March 10, 2006

...blimey.
posted by NinjaPirate at 6:43 AM on March 10, 2006

Who knew that flicking through endless pictures of exploding LSD slugs would be so compelling?
Good work, Gator.
posted by NinjaPirate at 6:46 AM on March 10, 2006

(or is it octopodes?)
octo3.14159265

Nice post. Definitely sushi for lunch today.
posted by hal9k at 6:49 AM on March 10, 2006

Now I know where that band in Richmond Va (circa 1997) got their name. I always liked it.
posted by djseafood at 6:53 AM on March 10, 2006

Nudi's! Hermaphrodites! Can we get a NSFW tag here, jeez!

Nice post, and hal makes me a bit peckish too!
posted by Pollomacho at 6:58 AM on March 10, 2006

The pictures make me peckish, not hal. Sorry.

Commas, man, commas.
posted by Pollomacho at 6:59 AM on March 10, 2006

Aww, I miss the Nudi of the Week link. Nudis are soooo cool. Been on a couple of scuba diving trips just to take pictures of them.
posted by elendil71 at 7:08 AM on March 10, 2006

Beautiful creatures! Thanks!
posted by darkstar at 7:16 AM on March 10, 2006

These things are excellent. This an excellent post. Thanks!
posted by OmieWise at 8:07 AM on March 10, 2006

Well, my wife and I are fans.
posted by The Bellman at 8:41 AM on March 10, 2006

Great post - thanks.
posted by Staggering Jack at 9:10 AM on March 10, 2006

I love these things. Thanks for the post. It'll be what I point to whenever anyone asks what my favorite animal is. (Which, oddly enough, happens more often than you might think)
posted by Freen at 9:16 AM on March 10, 2006

Squishy hermaphrodites. Heh.
posted by ancientgower at 9:16 AM on March 10, 2006

Great post. We saw a lot of these on our dive in Palau. Even their eggs look cool.
posted by ambrosia at 10:18 AM on March 10, 2006

from the second link: Try not to confuse Flatworms with Nudibranchs

You have been warned.
posted by squarehead at 12:25 PM on March 10, 2006

Wow, ambrosia, I had no idea about their eggs!
Thanks!
posted by Freen at 7:31 PM on March 10, 2006

Nice post, gator, and the egg photos are wonderful too, ambrosia!
posted by maryh at 9:12 PM on March 10, 2006