Ambon — 6 December 2025
- Location seen
- Ambon, Indonesia
- Date seen
- 2025-12-06
Plocamopherus ceylonicus
Hairy leopard nudibranch
© Di Syrett / MacroDivers.com
About this species
- Current scientific name
- Plocamopherus ceylonicus
- Common name
- Hairy leopard nudibranch
- Previous genera
- Euplocamus
- Order
- Nudibranchia - Doridoidea (Dorids)
- Type
- Phanerobranchia (Phanerobranch dorids)
- ID confidence
- Confirmed
- Genus
- Plocamopherus
- Species
- ceylonicus
- Average size
- 20 mm
- Colours
- white, yellow, brown, pink
- Pattern
- Tubercles, Blotches
- Body shape
- With Appendages
- Rhinophores
- Horizontal
- Gills
- External gill plume
Geographic Distribution
Indo-Pacific.
Identification
White with brown blotches and spots. Two pairs of lateral appendages with pink knobs at the tip. Gills multipinnate (branched) and non-retractile. Rhinophores - lamellate clubs on smooth stalks and are retractable.
Our Sighting
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