2nd Place Nudibranchs

Jenny Stock

“Hungry for love“

The Story:

Here, two nudibranch use their extended gonophors to mate, whilst simultaneously enjoying the delights of a good meal of green tendrils. Nudibranchs are hermaphrodites, meaning they have both male and female reproductive organs but they can’t fertilize themselves, so they need to find a partner to mate with. After cross-fertilisation (and finishing their meal) they would both go onto  lay their own egg spiral. Thanks to dive guide Regie Casia and Rutherford Parutanin for their assistance with this dive at Kirby’s Rock.

Location:

• Philippines, Aiyanair, Kirby’s Rock

Equipment Used:

• SONY A1
• Nauticam, 
• Retra strobes, 
• Sony 90m

Camera Settings:

• f22 
• 1/250 
• iso 100