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Updated 7/5/2023

Family Hexabranchidae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Hexabranchus sandwichensis

Okoe Bay, Hawaii, 45 feet

 

Suck 'em Up Cavern, Kona, Hawaii 

Egg mass, Firehouse, Oahu, 25 feet

 

 

Egg mass, Sharks Cove, Oahu, 25 feet

Ahihi Bay, Maui

 

 

Eggs with predatory Egg-Eating Nudibranchs

Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 15 feet

Waimea Bay, Oahu, 15 feet

 

Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 10 feet

 

Sea Tiger, Oahu, 98 feet

Koke'e Beach tidepool, Hawaii Kai, Oahu 

 

Blowhole, Oahu, 25 feet



Eggs, Firehouse, Oahu, 20 feet



Subadult, Ulua Beach, Maui



Juvenile, Kawaihae, Hawaii


Juvenile, Pupukea tidepool

 
   

RED-MARGINED SPANISH DANCER

Occasional on shallow reefs, more common on the Big island of Hawaii.  Inner margin of dorsum is red, body streaked with white.  Attains 12 inches.  Endemic to Hawaii.  Formerly known as Hexabranchus pulchellus.  The name Hexabranchus sanguineus is reserved for the Red Sea form.