Nembrotha milleri
Miller's nembrotha
Philippines · Indo Pacific - South China Sea
- Size
- 45–60 mm
- Native range
- Indo-West Pacific: Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Solomon Islands and Western Australia, with records from East Africa and Mauritius.
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Description
A large polycerid nudibranch that specialises on the green-ringed ascidian Sigillina signifera.
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Identification
Grey-green to dark green body with blackish longitudinal wrinkle lines. Three gill stalks branching into five gills; gill filaments and rhinophore clubs are black, contrasting with the green stalks.
Similar species
Nembrotha cristata is velvet black with raised green pustules rather than a green body with black wrinkle lines.
Habitat & diet
Habitat
Reef tops among corals and ascidians; recorded around 10 m.
Food
The ascidian Sigillina signifera.