Colours
Distinguishing features
They can be blue or blueish-white with a white margin and typically dark or black lines running down the mantle and the foot.
On the mantle, a continuous line runs around the border passing on the outside of the rhinophore and a second median one can be discontinuous.
There is some variation between individuals in this species, and the gills (retractile) and rhinophores (contractile) range in color from a translucent straw-color, through to pink and light orange.
Its is best distinguished from similar species by the uniform coloring of the mantle and the lack of white specks which are present in some of the other species. (Wikipedia)
Size
- Up to 4 cm (Length of specimen)
Synonyms
Similar taxa
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Distribution and habitat preferences
This species is found in the tropical waters of the central Indo-Pacific region and is known to range from Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines to the Fiji and the northern coast of Australia. (Wikipedia)
Local abundance
- Lizard Island: Uncommon.
Web resources
References
- Cheney, K.L., A. White, I.W. Mudianta, A.E. Winters, M. Quezada, R.J. Capon, E. Mollo and M.J. Garson (2016). Choose your weaponry: selective storage of a single toxic compound, Latrunculin A, by closely related nudibranch molluscs. PLOS One, 11(1): e0145134. LIRS catalog number 1990.
- Humann, P. and N. Deloach (2010). Reef Creature Identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
- Waegele, H., I. Burghardt, N. Anthes, J. Evertsen, A. Klussman-Kolb and G. Brodie (2006). Species diversity of opisthobranch molluscs on Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, In: Contemporary studies into the systematics and evolution of opisthobranch molluscs, (Eds. G. Brodie, S. Fahey and F.E. Wells), Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 69: 33-59. LIRS catalog number 1036.