31/08/2026
Not everything spectacular at Paul’s Rock is enormous.
Among the dramatic walls, gullies and giant sea fans, Sue Burnet photographed this extraordinary banana nudibranch (Notodoris minor) on the reef.
One of the Indo-Pacific’s larger nudibranchs, it can grow to around 14 centimetres long. Its network of black lines makes the bright-yellow species easy to identify, while the shaggy-looking structure halfway down its back is actually its gill plume, partly concealed beneath protective lobes.
This unusual sponge specialist is another example of the remarkable marine life waiting to be discovered at Paul’s Rock.
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📷 Sue Burnet