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Imperial nudibranch

Scientific name: Hypselodoris imperialis

Size: Up to 2.4 inches

Color: White, yellow and blue

Distinguishing feature: Whitish with the coat dotted with yellow dots. The mantle margin is dark blue, with extensions towards the center of the mantle that are also dotted with thicker yellow dots.

Where did we see it: French polynesia

Imperial nudibranch of French polynesia

Imperial nudibranch

Scientific name: Hypselodoris imperialis

Size: Up to 2.4 inches

Color: White, yellow and blue

Distinguishing feature: Whitish with the coat dotted with yellow dots. The mantle margin is dark blue, with extensions towards the center of the mantle that are also dotted with thicker yellow dots.

Where did we see it: French polynesia

In detail

This nudibranch is often in pairs and often close together, the head of one touching the tail of the other.

It is also one of the only chromodorididae that can make its gills vibrate ( we do not know why ... :p)

The different species of Nudibranchs we have seen

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