2026 · Photo: Boaz Liebes
Nembrotha kubaryana
Dusky nembrotha
Philippines · Indo Pacific - South China Sea
- Size
- 40–100 mm · max 120 mm
- Depth
- to 30 m
- Native range
- Tropical Indo-West Pacific.
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Description
One of the largest and most familiar Nembrotha, sometimes exceeding 120 mm. It feeds on ascidians and sequesters their chemicals for its own defence, advertising this with bold warning colours.
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Identification
Essentially black with green pustules or green longitudinal ridges, and a bright orange to red border around the foot, rhinophore sheaths and oral lappets. Rhinophores and gills may be marked with orange or pink. Striped, red-spotted and green-spotted forms occur.
Similar species
Nembrotha cristata lacks the orange border and has a green foot edge.
Habitat & diet
Habitat
Coral reefs, slopes and rubble; recorded to at least 30 m.
Food
Ascidians, including Sigillina signifera and Atapozoa species.
