| The Nudi Nerd Weekend was this year held in the weekend 26-28 feb. There were 22 participants. They arrived during friday, from the whole country, and northern Germany. There have been wery few species recorded this winther. And we also only found ten different species during the weekend. Click on the picture to see more nudies, and other pictures of marinelife, taken on the dives during the weekend. |  |
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 Over the weekend 21 - 23 February we were a bunch of dedicated macro photographers and nudi nerds who met in Middelfart by the Little Belt and accommodated us at Hindsgavl campground. The purpose was a kompination of taking a lot of photos of Nudibranches and being together for a common interest. In addition to looking nudi photos on the big screen, a few of the guys also showed shark movies from South Africa and images and movies with killer whales and humpback whales from the north of Norway.
A selection of my photos from the weekend can be found HERE!  Cuthona gymnota (Couthouy 1838) To participate in a photo contest in which the subject is nudibranch 's in different categories , I went out to dive with my camera. The competition started on 1 February, and I was out in hopes of getting a good start.
Due to weather conditions , I had to opt out of my first choice for a good place to start, because the current in the belt was very strong and my dive buddies reported poor visibility . I chose a shallow dive at a place right across from our dive club where I did not expect quite as much current. After about forty minutes the dive is about to end , and I move up to the five-meter zone to keep my safety stop. On my way up I spotted something that could be interresting , a small white spot inside a bush of Tubularia larynx. Since the size was less than five millimeters I had to take a picture and enlarge it on the camera to see it was a nudibranch . I could also see that it was not like others I saw in the area. Home on the computer's larger screen , I could see that this was not one I had seen before. After a lot of detective work on the Internet's different slugs pages and various forums I found out that the species was Cuthona gymnota. From what I found out, it was not seen in inner Danish waters before. Last records were from the sixties, from the Faroe Islands and Iceland. So full of joy I could on the contest first day submit a new species to the side which hosted the competition. Different images from Lillebaelt below the surface.   Juvenil Aeolidiella glauca.
First time to see this specie in Lillebaelt. The size is approx 6-7 mm. More from the dive Here! |
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