Spanish dancer

Spanish dancer

Taxobox
name = Spanish dancer


image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Heterobranchia
ordo = Opisthobranchia
subordo = Nudibranchia
infraordo = Anthobranchia
superfamilia = Doridoidea
familia = Hexabranchidae
genus = "Hexabranchus"
species = "H. sanguineus"
binomial = "Hexabranchus sanguineus"
binomial_authority = (Ruppell & Leuckart, 1828)

The Spanish dancer, "Hexabranchus sanguineus" (literally meaning "six-gills blood-colored "), is a dorid nudibranch, a very large and colorful sea slug. This is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Hexabranchidae.

Description

This species of very large, strong-swimming nudibranch is found throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific and Red Sea. It is one of the largest of all nudibranchs; specimens of over 40 cm in length have been reported.

The species name, "sanguineus", refers to its bright red coloration, but a yellow variant also exists.

Life habits

The Emperor shrimp, "Periclimenes imperator", is a commensal that is commonly found living on "H. sanguineus".

External links

* [http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=hexasang "Hexabranchus sanguineus" at the "Sea Slug Forum"]


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