Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater
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Pleurobranchus varians Pease, 1860
The notum is covered with closely conical tubercles,a few tubercles are nlarger than the others.The background colour can be light orange to dark wine-red, the colour is higly variable.
There are dark and white-spotted colour forms.
Juvenile Pleurobranchus varians the tubercles are poorly developed and the rhinophores have white tips.
This sea slug is nocturnal and a common species.It was found in moderately protected to highly exposed rocky habitats,also in Halimeda kanaloana beds,in tide pools and to depths of 15 m.
The notum is covered with closely conical tubercles,a few tubercles are nlarger than the others.The background colour can be light orange to dark wine-red, the colour is higly variable.
There are dark and white-spotted colour forms.
Juvenile Pleurobranchus varians the tubercles are poorly developed and the rhinophores have white tips.
This sea slug is nocturnal and a common species.It was found in moderately protected to highly exposed rocky habitats,also in Halimeda kanaloana beds,in tide pools and to depths of 15 m.
