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Ardeadoris egretta
Amazing white body with striking yellow edges.
Coral reefs
I had to enhance the image to bring out the colour because I lack a strobe for the u/w camera. Its not the most colourful Nudibranch, but beautiful in its simplicity. Any further ID most welcome
Agree with you Laura on the scientific names' importance. Just too many common names existing :-)
And Nick, hope to see more of your nudibranch spottings :-)
Thanks Laura, I have added the photo to the missions you suggested and will look into the Global Reef Monitoring soon :)
Also, Eric, I think this is a good example of why scientific names are so important, common names can be so variable! I think egret ardaedoris makes more sense, since it's coloured like an egret!
Thanks for changing the category and updating your ID, Nick! To add a photo to the mission, all you need to do is join it (if you haven't already), then click on "Edit this spotting" at the top-right of this spotting, and scroll to the part of the edit page that says "Is it for a mission?". Then you just choose from the drop down menu! You can add a spotting to up to 5 missions currently. There's a Global Coral Reef Monitoring mission too, which accepts spottings from coral reefs from all over the world, you should check that out too!
Thank you all very much for the info. I have changed its category and added the ID. Would love to add this to the missions, and will look into that later.
Thanks again :)
Hi LauraMaria. No need to delete. The more the merrier. At least more of the same suggestions indicate accuracy of the ID suggestions. Never knew it was also called Heron Ardeadoris. Got the Egret name from Neville Coleman. And Nick, yes agree with you and Laura on its beautiful simplicity. Always loved seeing one of these :-)
Ah, Eric beat me to the ID, so I'll delete my suggestion! :D But do consider joining the missions!
Hi Nick, this gorgeous nudi is called a heron ardeadoris, I will suggest the ID for you with the scientific name and some info. I agree that the simplicity makes them stunning! You've categorised this as a fish, but nudibranchs are actually molluscs, so this belongs in Project Noah's "Other" category, could you change this for us? Thanks so much! You might be interested in adding this to two missions, one for Nudibranchs http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/7791... and another for Molluscs http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1214... Great spotting :)
Spotted on Jul 3, 2012
Submitted on Oct 3, 2012
