New Nudibranch Guidebook
Are you a nudibranch fan? Do you find yourself staring at the reef, peering into little crannies, gazing at patches of coral…all in the hope that you’ll spot one of these wonderfully patterned, and often remarkably camouflaged, jewels of the sea? If so, then you’re in luck. FiNS Consultants Helmut Debelius and Rudie Kuiter have just released a new book called Nudibranchs of the World.
At 360-pages, this isn’t your ordinary guidebook. It’s the second in a series of atlases that this hard-working, self-taught pair of marine-ID experts is working on.
Unlike Helmut’s original IKAN series of guidebooks, which most divers in Asia are familiar with, this new book, as well as the World Atlas of Marine Fishes (the first book in the new series which was released slightly less than two years ago), aims to provide a comprehensive reference for comparing species in all the world’s oceans — no easy task.
To this end, Nudibranchs of the World contains over 2,500 images contributed by more than 100 photographers, covering nearly 1,200 species of sea slugs. No doubt there are more of the shell-less sea snails patrolling the seas, but the images in this book provide the most extensive reference for divers available to date.
If you’re an avid diver or sea slug enthusiast, this is a must-have. It’s far too heavy to take on dive trips, so get one for your bookshelf, and hopefully your dive resort will have a copy on hand for your slug-ID emergencies!
For more information, listen to the interview with Helmut below, which is also available via our iTunes Podcast