Related FAQs:
Nudibranchs,
Nudibranchs 2, Nudibranch Identification,
Nudi ID 2, Nudi ID 3, Nudi ID 4, & Nudibranch Behavior,
Nudibranch Compatibility,
Nudibranch Selection,
Nudibranch Systems,
Nudibranch Feeding,
Nudibranch Disease,
Nudibranch
Reproduction, Berghia
Nudibranchs, Marine Snails
1, Marine Snails
2, Marine Snails
3, Marine Snails
4, Sea Slugs,
Seaslugs 2,
Snail ID
1, Snail ID 2,
Snail ID
3,
Related Articles: Dorid et al. Nudibranchs pt. 2,
Aeolid Nudibranchs pt.
3, Sea
Slugs, Gastropods, Mollusks,
Aiptasia/Glass
Anemones
/The Conscientious Marine
Aquarist
Nudibranchs, The
Naked-Gill Sea Slugs, pt. 7, Dorids
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Pt. 12, Pt. 13,
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Pt. 16
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By Bob Fenner
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Genus Risbecia:
Risbecia pulchella (Ruppell & Leuckart 1828). Indian
Ocean; East Africa, Red Sea. Relatively common. To 10 cm., often
encountered as pairs engaged in "trailing behavior" as
here in the Red Sea.
http://www.seaslugforum.net/risbpulc.htm
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Risbecia tryoni (Garrett 1873).
Indo-Pacific; Tanzania to Indonesia, Japan. N. Sulawesi
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Family Dendrodoridae:
Dendrodoris tuberculosa (Quoy & Gaimard
1832), the Tuberculous Nudibranch. Indo-Pacific. To six inches in
diameter. Broadly roundish, flat in profile with rosette like
structure over the dorsum. Reportedly produces substance/s that
cause eye irritation if handled. Hawai'i (Kona) photo. Live in
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Family Discodoridae:
Genus Jorunna:
Jorunna funebris (Kelaart 1858). White
body with fuzzy black rings,. To 10 cm. in length. Typically found
with the blue sponge Haliclona sp. on which it feeds. Raja Ampat
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Jorunna rubescens (Kelaart 1858). Pale tan with
whitish spots, brown-reddish lines. To 20 cm./8" in length. Bali 2014 |
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Family Gymnodorididae:
Gymnodoris ceylonica. Red Sea over to Japan
and Australia. To two inches in length. This one in the
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