Hexabranchus sanguineus
(Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828)
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Identification is verified by Richard Willan, Nudi Pixel expert
Comment from Richard Willan: A rather small individual. Specimens of Hexabranchus sanguineus from the Indo-Pacific (like this one) have white lateral blotches on the mantle, whereas those from the Red Sea (the type locality) have a completely red mantle.
| Location: | Bali, Indonesia |
| Photographer: | Graham Abbott |
| Taken on: | June 13, 2007 |
| Viewed: | 363 times |
| Posted: | 11 months ago |
| Updated: | 5 months ago |
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Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Opisthobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Family: | Hexabranchidae |
| Species: | Hexabranchus sanguineus |