Purple Ring Flabellina

Mating Purple-Ring Flabellinas

Mating Purple-Ring Flabellinas
Name: Purple Ring Flabellina
Scientific Name: Flabellina marcusorum
Family: Aeolid Nudibranchs
Taxonomic: Flabellinidae
ID Group: Nudibranchs, Sea Slugs, Sea Hares
Size: up to 1 in.
Depth Range: On the reef (10 – 60 ft.)
Sightings: Seen very rarely

This Nudibranch has an orange body with long cerata that have purple bands and pale tips. Its rhinophores are pointed and grooved.