Sep 5, 2017
So happy to have found a good solid nudibranch on my second dive at Hawaii. This is the gold lace nudibranch- Halgerda terramtuentis. It's endemic to Hawaii and the name "terramtuentis" means "looking at the earth with care". I'm in love with this beautiful friend.
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