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Dermatobranchus rubidus Gould, 1852
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Maximum size: 60 mm. (Kay,
1979).
Identification:
This is an elongate, cream animal with white ridges and red rhinophores.
Natural history:
We've never seen Dermatobranchus rubidus. However,
Kay (1979) lists it as seasonally abundant on Oahu fringing reefs. An
animal referenced in Gosliner &. Fahey, 2011 was collected from
the intertidal in Kihei, Maui by S. Jazwinski in 1979.
Distribution:
Oahu: widely distributed in the western & central Pacific.
Taxonomic notes:
It is listed in Kay as Dermatobranchus
rubida and was first reported from Hawaii in Gould, 1852.
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