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Chromodoris willani. Pale blue bodied, black lines. Small gills, inconsistently colored tentacles and large rhinophores also speckled white. Feeds on sponges.

Chromodoris willani. Pale blue bodied, black lines. Small gills, inconsistently colored tentacles and large rhinophores also speckled white. Feeds on sponges. Sipadan image.

What a cutie! A Cirrhitichthys aprinus (Cuvier 1829), the Blotched Hawkfish. Tropical West Pacific. To 12 cm. Common at times, found generally in association with sponges in coastal habitats. Differentiated by blotched pattern/appearance. Sipadan image. 1992

Clavelina diminuta Kott 1957. Western Pacific; Australia, Indonesia, Philippines. Colonies form masses of rounded heads of highly variable color. Kott (1990) moved this species to the genus Pycnoclavella.

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