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Spanish Dancer - Hexabranchus sanguineus This was the same Spanish Dancer when crawling on the sea bottom.<br /> <br /> Picture of the swimming Spanish Dancer can be seen here :<br /> <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/45626/spanish_dancer.html" title="Spanish Dancer"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2994/45626_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=Qi6L5fmfbf1ySHsVSsEpokQpYNY%3D" width="200" height="150" alt="Spanish Dancer This Spanish Dancer - Hexabranchus sanguineus is a very large Nudibranch, around 30 cm.<br /> Usually, Nudibranch are slow crawlers on the sea bottom but when disturbed they can swim in the water column and when do that, the mantle opens up making it look like the skirt of flamenco dancer, hence its name.<br /> <br /> A video of a similar Spanish Dancer swimming can be seen in this video of me with a Spanish Dancer in Philippines :<br /> <br /> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chfHWj7XkRk<br /> <br /> <br /> This was seen in very deep waters of around 40 meters during a dive in Mozambique. Geotagged,Hexabranchus sanguineus,Ponta do Ouro,South Africa,Spanish dancer,Summer" /></a></figure> Geotagged,Hexabranchus sanguineus,Mozambique,Nudibranch,Ponta do Ouro,Spanish dancer,Summer Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Spanish Dancer - Hexabranchus sanguineus

This was the same Spanish Dancer when crawling on the sea bottom.

Picture of the swimming Spanish Dancer can be seen here :

Spanish Dancer This Spanish Dancer - Hexabranchus sanguineus is a very large Nudibranch, around 30 cm.<br /> Usually, Nudibranch are slow crawlers on the sea bottom but when disturbed they can swim in the water column and when do that, the mantle opens up making it look like the skirt of flamenco dancer, hence its name.<br /> <br /> A video of a similar Spanish Dancer swimming can be seen in this video of me with a Spanish Dancer in Philippines :<br /> <br /> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chfHWj7XkRk<br /> <br /> <br /> This was seen in very deep waters of around 40 meters during a dive in Mozambique. Geotagged,Hexabranchus sanguineus,Ponta do Ouro,South Africa,Spanish dancer,Summer

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The Spanish dancer

The Spanish dancer, scientific name ''Hexabranchus sanguineus'' , is a dorid nudibranch, a very large and colorful sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Hexabranchidae.

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Similar species: Sea Slugs
Species identified by Albert Kang
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By Albert Kang

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Uploaded Sep 26, 2016. Captured Mar 18, 2014 14:50 in Lighthouse Rd, Ponta do Ouro, Mozambique.
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  • DSC-RX100
  • f/11.0
  • 1/50s
  • ISO100
  • 10.4mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.

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