It is fun to see the same #species that I saw in the Netherlands as well here at #Lanzarote. 🐌 The Winged Thecacera (Thecacera pennigera) can reach a size of 30mm in length. It can be found in many temperate climates around the world. #nudibranch

When you like #scuba diving but also #StarWars. Sith lord. Darth #Moray.

How a simple #algae (Acetabularia acetabulum) can be so beautiful. ☂️ Sometimes you just have to enjoy the simple things. #Diving at #Lanzarote is simply amazing.

Well hello there. 😶 This #seahare (Stylocheilus polyomma) species can normally be found in #night dives in between the algae beds. Certain periods we can find many of them and sometimes we don't find them for a long time.

Who doesn't love #blennies? 🤩 In the Canary Islands there are 2 Parablennius species that look very similar. The Parablennies pilicornis and in the photo the Parablennius #goreensis. The last one spread pretty fast around the #Canary Islands and is relatively new here.

What I understand: it looks like Aplysia parvula. Tests in the Mediterranean show that there they are all Aplysia punctata. In the Azores showed there was maybe a hybrid. The A. Parvula is restricted to the western Atlantic. For now, we can only guess until more tests are done.🐌

You ever did a #night dive with us here? 🌠 One of the common encounters at the night is the Bandtooth #conger (Ariosoma balearicum). When it gets startled, it goes backwards with its tail into the sand. Normally, in the daytime, it is also under the sand. #eurodiverslanzarote

#Nudibranchs, what to say. 🐌 I think it is by far one of my favorite critters to search for #underwater. They can be #colorful, well camouflaged, alien-shaped, have strange abilities and much more. You have got to love them. On the photo you can see the Flabellina affinis.

This tiny #nudibranch (Stiliger llerae) we can find in shallow waters. It feeds and reproduces on the seaweed species Codium afhaerens. 🐌 It is a species at the moment only found on the #Canary Islands and Savage Islands.  #eurodiverslanzarote

For me, #Eagle Rays are one of the most elegant rays in the ocean. I think for me it is the way they swim. In the #Canary Islands we have what you can see in the photo, the Common Eagle #Ray (Myliobatis aquila) and the Bull Ray or Duckbill Eagle Ray (Aetomylaeus bovinus). 🦅

Why do we need EVERYONE in science? ONE OF THE COMMUNITY COLLABORATORS DISCOVERED A NEW NUDIBRANCH SPECIES!! Look at this tiny cutie 😭😭😭 Congratulations to Dennis Rabeling and everyone at Euro-Divers Lanzarote in the Canary Islands! 🥳🥳🥳 Study: bit.ly/44Izp07

At #Lanzarote it is common to find rays and sharks while scuba diving. One of the easy rays to find is called the Common #Stingray (Dasyatis pastinaca). There are two species that look very similar. The other is called the Tortunese Stingray (Dasyatis tortonesei).

The Sargassum #Shrimp (Latreutes fucorum) is a #cryptic species that you can find in seagrass, algae, floating objects, etc. 🦐 They can change their color to their environment, which can make it hard to find them. They can grow up to around 3cm in length.

Better than this it probably won't get. Here at #Lanzarote doing a night dive with Arturo Telle Thiemann. I have wanted to see this #species for a long time. A species that was discovered by Arturo Telle in 2000 and named after him is the Gnathophylleptum tellei.

We #worry about a lot of things. In the #ocean things are sometimes a bit more easy. ​Eat or get eaten....

While doing a night dive. I think one of the worst visibilities I had here at #Lanzarote. When standing in the water I couldn't see my fins. Maybe 1,5 up to max 3 meters of visibility. Crazy to have bumped into a Green Sea #Turtle (Chelonia mydas) with this visibility. 🐢

Can you guess from which critter this is? 🦖

Did you know we have Sea Spiders underwater? 🕷 They are not true spiders. But their traditional classification would place them closer to true spiders than to other known arthropod groups. There are over 1.300 known species. They have leg spans ranging from 1 mm to over 70 cm.

The camera housing is back, and all seems to be solved. Big thanks to Onderwaterhuis.NL I have also been able to use the new Panasonic Lumix G 8mm Fish Eye lens. I need a bit of practice, but the #groupers are great posers. Are you coming to also photograph this great #fish here?