Thailand Local Diving - Nudi Hole
Location: Middle-southern ocean side of Koh Pling Noi
Type: Scattered boulders and rock crevices
Depth: 5-12m
Life: Zebra lionfish, flatworm, sponge snail, porcupine pufferfish, nudibranch (hypselodoris + lots more)
Scientific name: Dendrochirus zebra
Size: Up to 25cm
More: Body reddish with 5 dark bars, alternating with thin dark bars in large specimens. The top spines are venomous, causing reactions similar to a bee sting. Zebra lionfish flap their spiky fins to trap their prey. Gobbles up small fish, crabs and shrimp almost as big as itself.
Size: Up to 25cm
More: Body reddish with 5 dark bars, alternating with thin dark bars in large specimens. The top spines are venomous, causing reactions similar to a bee sting. Zebra lionfish flap their spiky fins to trap their prey. Gobbles up small fish, crabs and shrimp almost as big as itself.
Scientific name: Acanthozoon sp.
Size: Up to 10cm
More: Body generally dark on the upperside (black to brown) with lots of little bumps that are yellow or orange tipped. It has a pair of small ear-like pseudotentacles at the front. Seen on coral rubble, near living reefs. Moves rapidly over the substrate, chasing down prey. Can also swim by undulating the edges of their mantles.
Size: Up to 10cm
More: Body generally dark on the upperside (black to brown) with lots of little bumps that are yellow or orange tipped. It has a pair of small ear-like pseudotentacles at the front. Seen on coral rubble, near living reefs. Moves rapidly over the substrate, chasing down prey. Can also swim by undulating the edges of their mantles.
Scientific name: Coriocella Hibyae
Size: Up to 7cm
More: Extremely well camouflaged snail that looks like a sponge. It even has siphon holes like a sponge. Rare, only common in Maldives. Found on coral and rocky reefs amongst sand and rubble areas. Feed on compound ascidians (tunicates) . The shell is buried in the fleshy mantle wall.
Size: Up to 7cm
More: Extremely well camouflaged snail that looks like a sponge. It even has siphon holes like a sponge. Rare, only common in Maldives. Found on coral and rocky reefs amongst sand and rubble areas. Feed on compound ascidians (tunicates) . The shell is buried in the fleshy mantle wall.
Scientific name: Diodon holacanthus
Size: Up to 90cm
More: Covered in sharp spines. Ability to inflate its body with air or water until it is almost completely spherical. Their internal organs contain a powerful poison called tetrodotoxin. Researchers are currently working on a powerful painkiller based on tetrodotoxin. Commonly seen in caves and holes in shallow reefs.
Size: Up to 90cm
More: Covered in sharp spines. Ability to inflate its body with air or water until it is almost completely spherical. Their internal organs contain a powerful poison called tetrodotoxin. Researchers are currently working on a powerful painkiller based on tetrodotoxin. Commonly seen in caves and holes in shallow reefs.
Scientific name: Hypselodoris Bullockii
Size: Up to 11cm
More: It ranges in colour from a pale straw, or even white background to a deep purplish pink. There is usually a thin opaque white line at the mantle border, but some specimens have a reddish purple border. Typically the gills and rhinophores are yellow or orange with a basal pink or purplish band.
Size: Up to 11cm
More: It ranges in colour from a pale straw, or even white background to a deep purplish pink. There is usually a thin opaque white line at the mantle border, but some specimens have a reddish purple border. Typically the gills and rhinophores are yellow or orange with a basal pink or purplish band.
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