Spanish dancer


Photo copyright Tim Nicholson.
Taken in Sha'ab Gubal, Red Sea.
Spanish dancer (Hexabranchus sanguineus).

This is one of the largest sea slug nudibranchs, it can grow to 0.4m

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Further Reading:
Coral Reef Guide Red Sea, by Robert Myers and Ewald Lieske
The Red Sea, by Andrea Ghisotti
Underwater Photographer , by Martin Edge