Field notes
Encounter profile
Identified using iNaturalist, WoRMS.
Nembrotha kubaryana - Nembrotha are often vividly colored with green, blue, black, or red. They have distinctive external gills on their backs.
Species profile
Dusky Nembrotha
Nembrotha kubaryana
Identified using iNaturalist, WoRMS.
15
Media items
Photos and videos
13
Dives
Distinct encounters
5
Locations
2 trips
Archive ecology
Conditions where we found it
SNAP observations, not the species’ full biological range.
- Depth evidence
- 8.2–8.2m
- Median 8.2m · n=1
- Water temperature
- 27.0–28.0°C
- Median 27.5°C · n=12
Depth basis: 0 recorded, 1 profile-estimated, 11 contextual.
Consistent water window
12 observations with dive temperature sit within 27.0–28.0°C.
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Repeatable archive pattern · 14 observations / 13 dives
Observed depth distributionmiddle 50%: 8.2–8.2m
Calendar-quarter observations
Apr–Jun12
Jul–Sep2
Camera-clock comparison
Morning · 5Night · 9
- • These distributions describe photographs in SNAP, not a species’ complete biological range.
- • Depth distributions use recorded or capture-time profile estimates; dive-average and maximum context is excluded.
- • Time-of-day groups use the camera clock and are not corrected for sunrise, sunset, or timezone.
Creature trail
A life through time and place
#13 · Aug 8, 2026
Balay Reef
Moalboal, Philippines · Asia 2026
12.1m · Dive-average context28.0°C
#12 · Aug 3, 2026
Exotic House Reef
Malapascua, PH · Asia 2026
8.6m · Dive-average context28.0°C
#11 · Jun 7, 2026
Largahan
Dauin · Asia 2026
10.4m · Dive-average context28.0°C
#10 · Jun 6, 2026
El Dorado
Dauin · Asia 2026
11.4m · Dive-average context28.0°C
Species field guide
Notes, taxonomy, identification & seasonality
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Species field guide
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Representative encounters
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15 media items
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Life found nearby
Species photographed on the same dives come first, followed by close taxonomic neighbours.
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Crested Nembrotha
Nembrotha cristata
Puerto Galera
Fluted Giant Clam
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