Antarctic nudibranchs

Order: ACOCHLIDEA
Suborder: DENDRONOTINA

The Underwater Field Guide to Ross Island & McMurdo Sound, Antarctica , with photos by Norbert Wu, Peter Brueggeman, and M Dale Stokes and text by Peter Brueggeman, is an extremely valuable source of information on the underwater life of Antarctica.. and you don't have to get cold! The talented photographer, Norbert Wu, has given me permission to use his photos from the site on the Forum. Those that I am including are listed below.
Austrodoris kerguelenensis
Notaeolidia depressa
Notaeolidia gigas
Notaeolidia schmekelae.
Tritonia antarctica.
Tritoniella belli.

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Tritoniella belli from Antarctica

February 14, 1999
From: Bill Rudman

I have added another interesting Antarctic endemic, Tritoniella belli.
Bill Rudman.

Notaeolidia from Antarctica

February 10, 1999
From: Bill Rudman

Here are photos of three aeolids Norbert Wu has given me permission to use from the Underwater Field Guide to Ross Island & McMurdo Sound, Antarctica .
Bill Rudman.
Notaeolidia depressa
Notaeolidia gigas
Notaeolidia schmekelae.
Bill Rudman.

Austrodoris kerguelenensis

February 9, 1999
From: Bill Rudman

Norbert Wu has given me permission to use his photos of nudibranchs from Antarctica on the Sea Slug Forum. I plan to put a selection of these on the site, particular those of genera endemic to Antarctica. The first of these is Austrodoris kerguelenensis . If you haven't already done so, the Underwater Field Guide to Ross Island & McMurdo Sound, Antarctica is well worth a visit.
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 1999 (Feb 9). Comment on Austrodoris kerguelenensis by Bill Rudman. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/551

Antarctic Nudibranchs site

February 4, 1999
From: Bill Rudman

I have just noticed that the Opisthobranchs of Ross Island & McMurdo Sound, Antarctica site which I mentioned last year is up and running again with a lot of additional information.

The excellent photos are by Norbert Wu and the text by Peter Brueggeman.

Bill Rudman.

Re: Antarctic nudibranchs

December 16, 1998
From: Michael Miller

Dear Bill,

This note is in response to an earlier message regarding the temporary shutdown of the McMurdo Station Marine Field Guide which Peter Brugeggeman, Director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library, has put
together as a web site.  Peter was asked by professional underwater photographer Norbert Wu to participate in a National Science Foundation sponsored underwater photography expedition to the US Base at McMurdo Station on Ross Island in Antarctica.  A photo journalism article of that trip will be published in the Feb.'99 issue of National Geographic magazine.  National Geographic wants first publication rights so Peter has to wait sixty (60) days before the images can go up.  I have had the good fortune to see not one but two fantastic presentations of that trip by Peter before both the San Diego Council of Divers and the San Diego
Underwater Photographic Society.  I can assure you there are some great branch shots along with other superlative material.  Most notable in my mind was a shot of an isopod that was so big, it looked like something
straight out of a star wars flic! 
    
Cheers; 
Michael Miller

Webmaster: The Slug Site

mdmiller@cts.com

Miller, M.D., 1998 (Dec 16) Re: Antarctic nudibranchs. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/398

Thanks for the quick response Mike. I will make a point of checking in a few months to see if the pics return.
Bill Rudman.

Re: Antarctic Nudibranchs

December 15, 1998
From: Peter Firminger

The site mentioned below now gives the following message (though not on the lost page):


    "We are very sorry. This web site is no longer available to the general public, at the request of publications which have requested first rights to the photographs. This web site will be back up upon publication of the photographs in the US and abroad. We anticipate that happening after April 1999. Again, our apologies for this delay."

Regards,

PeterF

peterf@austmus.gov.au

Thanks Peter. If anyone has photos of Antarctic nudibranchs they would be willing to share with the world please let me know.
Bill Rudman.

Antarctic Nudibranchs

May 28, 1998
From: Bill Chambers

G'Day Bill,
Thought you may be interested in this site showing some (limited) nudis from Antarctica. http://scilib.ucsd.edu/sio/nsf/text/x-guide-mollusca.html
The sites attached to this one make some interesting reading as well!
Hope you find it of interest,
Regards,
Bill Chambers

chambers@fastlink.com.au

Thanks Bill. As amazing as it is to find these animals living happily down there, I think it is more amazing that there are people who go diving down there to photograph them! ... Bill Rudman