Scientific name: Flabellina verrucosa
Size: From 0.8 to 1.4 inches
Color: Translucent white and brown, brown red or orange
Distinguishing feature: Translucent white body, brown / red cerates and white cerate tips
Where did we see it: Raja Ampat
Scientific name: Flabellina verrucosa
Size: From 0.8 to 1.4 inches
Color: Translucent white and brown, brown red or orange
Distinguishing feature: Translucent white body, brown / red cerates and white cerate tips
Where did we see it: Raja Ampat
Very nice nudibranch of the aeolis family.
This nudibranch is carnivorous and keeps intact the stinging cells of living beings that it consumes, it then ejects them in case of danger. We do not know any real predator at the red-finger aeolis.
The tiger shark has slender marks similars to the lines of tigers, hence its name.
When it is juvenile, these marks are round and not vertical. They change when it grows.
Parrotfish create a protective envelope around them when they are sleeping.
So, don't put the light on them during night dive to don't to wake them up and break this envelope.
Some sharks can stay motionless on the sand (white tips reef sharks, nurse sharks, etc.).
These sharks don't have to swim to bring oxygen to their gills like other sharks (grey, hammerheads tc.)