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Family Actinocyclidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Actinocyclus verrucosus

Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu

 

WARTY NUDIBRANCH

Rare under rocks in shallow water among rubbery sponge with matching color.  Tough skin with warts of variable size, largest with dark tips with pale ring at base, often with scattered white fleck on mantle, color varies from gray, brown, or nearly black.  Attains 2 inches.  Red Sea to Japan and Hawaii.