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Nembrotha cristata

Nembrotha cristata

Description:

Nembrotha cristata is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.This nudibranch is a large black nembrothid that grows to at least 50 mm in length. Its body is covered with green pustules. The rhinophores and gills are black, edged in green. This species looks similar in appearance to Nembrotha yonowae.

Habitat:

This species occurs in the tropical Indo-West Pacific Ocean.

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1 Comment

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Wonderful !

The MnMs
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The MnMs

Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines

Spotted on Oct 15, 2012
Submitted on Dec 30, 2012

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