Unidentified Discodorid Sp. 12

This is a sporadically common species, apparently, but Fall 2022 is the first time I have noticed them in over 12 years of looking for nudibranch species on Maui.  I was fortunate to come across two very distinct looking individuals together — one a cream white with bright green branchia and another a deeper brown with brownish/cream branchia.  The third individual, found in an entirely different location was a beige in-between colour with a slightly greenish hue to its branchia.  This is a small species and the individuals documented here ranged in size from 6 mm to about 15mm.  Found in the low intertidal zone on both the North and South shores of Maui.  For more photos and taxonomic information, please see Sea Slugs of Hawaii.

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