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Coral Beach - Moses Rock · 2026 · Photo: Boaz Liebes
Pyjama slug
Israel · Red Sea - Gulf of Aqaba
A smooth, brightly striped chromodorid that feeds on sponges and is common on Red Sea coral reefs. One of the most familiar nudibranchs of the Gulf of Aqaba.
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Three broad black longitudinal bands alternating with two narrower pale blue-white bands, bordered by a broad orange band and a thin white margin. Orange rhinophores and gills.
Chromodoris africana (East Africa) is similar. Native Mediterranean Felimare have blue and yellow lines and no black bands.
Coral and rocky reefs, from a few metres to ~30 m.
Red sponges of the genus Negombata (which contain latrunculin), also thorectid sponges.
