This species has been observed on Madagascar Island
Species characteristics : The dark gray black body is firm and covered with warts of varying heights often with a white fleck at the tip of each wart There are some spaced light to bright blue spots on the notum Rhinophores are smooth and gray with white tips, and extend out of thick bases that are warty around the upper edge Gills consist of 3 branched small gray stalks on inner surface of 3 large dorsal warty processes; the processes extend much higher than gills. |
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Barbara Bini Madagascar, Nosy bé, 17 m, 20 October 2017, size : 15 mm |
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Remarks :
Looks like Aegires sp. 4 in NSSI, Nudibranch & Sea Slug Identification, Indo-Pacific, Gosliner, Valdés & Behrens, 2015
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References :
Bill Rudman Seaslug site : Sea Slug Forum : Aegires sp. 4
Marine life from Marchall islandsAegires sp
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Other photos of Aegires sp. 1 :
Barbara Bini Madagascar, Nosy bé, 17 m, 20 October 2017, size : 5 mm The blue spots aren't observed on the notum of this specimen... |
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