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Sea slugs & snails

Caribbean Spanish Dancer

Hexabranchus morsomus

Also known as: Nudibranch, Ribbons, Spanish Dancer Nudibranch, The Djibouti Giant, 4-gilled Hexabranchus

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Overview

These are the egg ribbons of the Spanish dancer, Hexabranchus morsomus, a nudibranch or sea slug.

Nudibranchs lay their eggs in a ribbon on the sand, in different colours depending on the species.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

Where the egg stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

  • Range · Western Central Atlantic, Caribbean
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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumMollusca
    3. classGastropoda
    4. orderDoridida
    5. familyHexabranchidae
    6. genusHexabranchus
    7. speciesHexabranchus morsomus Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1962

    SourcesWoRMSSea Slug Forum

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