Philippines 300 new species discovered

SOME THE SPECIES
Sea slug
New species of sea slug that was discovered during California Academy of Sciences’ 2011 Philippine Biodiversity Expedition. These brightly colored mollusks don’t need shells for protection--instead they produce powerful toxins to keep potential predators at bay.

Myrianida
New species of worm from genus Myrianida found in coral rubble during California Academy of Sciences' 2011 Philippine Biodiversity Expedition.

Aeolid nudibranch
New species of aeolid nudibranch, or sea slug, that was discovered during the California Academy of Sciences’ 2011 Philippine Biodiversity Expedition.

Gymnodoris nudibranch
New species of brightly colored mollusks, Gymnodoris nudibranch don’t need shells for protection, instead they produce powerful toxins to keep potential predators at bay.

Nembrotha nudibranch
New species of Nembrotha nudibranch, a sea slug, that was discovered during the California Academy of Sciences’ 2011 Philippine Biodiversity Expedition.

 Iphiculus crab

New species of Iphiculus crab from the deep sea collected during the California Academy of Sciences 2011 marine survey in the Philippines.

 Nembrotha nudibranch

New species of Nembrotha nudibranch (also known as sea slug) that was discovered during the California Academy of Sciences’ 2011 Philippine Biodiversity Expedition.

 Efflatounaria

New species of the soft coral genus Efflatounaria taken during the California Academy of Sciences 2011 marine survey in the Philippines.

 Sea pen

New species of sea pen in genus Pteroeides during the California Academy of Sciences 2011 marine survey in Philippines.

 Urchin Echinothrix

New species of urchin Echinothrix, with a distinctive red color that differentiates it from the more brownish, white-banded Echinothrix calamaris, during the California Academy of Sciences 2011 marine survey in the Philippines.

 Swell shark

Researcher holding two examples of new species of swell shark taken from deep sea during the California Academy of Sciences's recent 2011 marine survey in the Philippines. These sharks can inflate its stomach with water to bulk up and scare off other predators.

 Sea pen

New species of sea pen in the sea off the coast of the Philippines taken during the California Academy of Sciences 2011 marine survey in the Philippines.