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Updated 2/23/2023

Family Pleurobranchidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Pleurobranchus varians

Makapu`u, Oahu, tidepool

 

Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 3 feet

Juvenile, Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu

 

Juvenile, French Frigate Shoals, NWHI


Kuki'o, Hawaii, 3 feet
  
   

WHITE-SPOTTED SIDEGILL SLUG

Uncommon under rocks in shallow water and tidepools.  Color pattern variable, usually orange with closely packed tubercles, some white patches.  Attains 2.5 inches.  Formerly known as Pleurobranchus albiguttatus.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.