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Spanish Dancer

Hexabranchus sanguineus

Hexabranchidaemacro60cm / 24inLeast Concern

About Spanish Dancer.

Largest known nudibranch — up to 60 cm, scarlet to crimson, swims by undulating its mantle margins like a flamenco skirt. Active on night dives across the Indo-Pacific.

Where it lives.

Tropical reefs, sand flats, night-active

How it behaves.

Free-swims at night by mantle undulation

Where to see it.