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Psychadelic seaslug

Credit Rachel Boschen
The colourful nudibranch, Tambja verconis,​ is the sea slug at Poor Knights Reserve captured by Rachel Boschen. It proved immensely popular on our social media channels during public voting during the 2014 NIWA photography competition.
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