Spanish Dancer

Hexabranchus sanguineus

It passes stolen toxins into its rose-shaped egg ribbons to protect them.

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Size

20–40 cm

Depth

20–50 m

Range

Red Sea to Indo-Pacific

Habitat

Coral reefs

IUCN

Not Evaluated

How to spot

Bright red-pink body; wide mantle edge that ripples when swimming; six feathery gills at the rear; head tentacles (rhinophores).

True colors

Mottled deep red with splashes of white, orange, and pink; a few are mostly bright red.

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