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2026 · Photo: Boaz Liebes
Hannibal gobble dorid
Philippines · Indo Pacific - South China Sea
A small lemon-yellow dorid nudibranch. Like other Gymnodoris it is a predator of other sea slugs; the Sea Slug Forum notes reports of cannibalism.
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Stocky, bright lemon-yellow body with scattered ochre dots on the back, sides and gills. Lamellate rhinophores; about ten low gill plumes in a wide arc in front of the anus; tail about a third of body length.
Gymnodoris aurita and G. ceylonica are white or translucent with orange-yellow tubercles rather than an all-yellow body.
Shallow reefs and sheltered coasts; records mostly from a few metres deep.
Like other Gymnodoris, preys on other sea slugs.