Spanish Dancer
Hexabranchus sanguineus
Also known as: Nudibranch, Spanish Dancer Nudibranch, Ribbons, The Djibouti Giant, 4-gilled Hexabranchus
- Nudibranch
- Spanish Dancer Nudibranch
- Ribbons
- The Djibouti Giant
- 4-gilled Hexabranchus
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Overview
Eggs are laid in a large spiral ribbon, bright red to pink. The ribbon has no physical protection, so the adult loads it with defensive chemicals taken from the sponges it eats.
How to identify
Habitat & where to find it
Where the egg stage lives, and where its photos were taken.
- Range · Indo-West Pacific
- Country only · 4
Egg photos 4
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Deep dive
Taxonomy
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumMollusca
- classGastropoda
- orderDoridida
- familyHexabranchidae
- genusHexabranchus
- speciesHexabranchus sanguineus (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830)
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