Lembeh — 21 September 2025
- Location seen
- Lembeh, Indonesia
- Date seen
- 2025-09-21
Nembrotha kubaryana
Dusky Nembrotha
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About this species
- Current scientific name
- Nembrotha kubaryana
- Common name
- Dusky Nembrotha
- Previous names
- Nembrotha nigerrima
- Order
- Nudibranchia - Doridoidea (Dorids)
- Type
- Phanerobranchia (Phanerobranch dorids)
- ID confidence
- Confirmed
- Genus
- Nembrotha
- Species
- kubaryana
- Average size
- 120 mm
- Colours
- black, orange, green, red
- Body shape
- Robust
- Rhinophores
- Horizontal
- Gills
- External gill plume
- Similar species
- Nembrotha cristata
Geographic Distribution
Indo-Pacific oceans.
Identification
Common. Black robust body with green spots or lines. Rhinophores lamellate, black at the base and red or orange at the tips. The gill is the same, black to red. There is also red on the margin.
General Notes
At one point Nembrotha nigerrima was thought to be a separate species but it is now accepted that they are the same.
Our Sighting
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