47 photos - 18 species
Hypselodoris apolegma Yonow, 2001
Giant hypselodoris or Robe hem hypselodoris
Maximum length: 50 mm
Intense pink to blue body with a white margin along the mantle,
the margin and upper side of which has small spots (unlike the next species,
which has only a narrow margin).
Gills and rhinophores are yellow.
Photos 1 - 3 Johnny: Lembeh Strait North - Sulawesi
Hypselodoris bullockii Collingwood, 1881
Bullock's hypselodoris or Bullock's nudibranch
Maximum length: 70 mm
Intense pink to cream colored, white body and a thin,
distinctive white margin on the mantle,
(the species above has a wider white margin with dots)
gills and rhinophores are orange to pale yellow.
Photos 1 - 3 Johnny: Lembeh Strait North - Sulawesi
Hypselodoris emma Rudman, 1977
Emma's hypselodoris
Maximum length: 45 mm
Cream to yellow body with three purple to dark red lines on the upper side, the outer lines connect the gills and rhinophores.
The gills and rhinophores are orange to red.
Photos 1 - 3 Johnny: Lembeh Strait North - Sulawesi
Hypselodoris infucata Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830
Mottled dorid, Painted hypselodoris or Corlorful hypselodoris
Maximum length: 30 mm
Violet-blue body with small, white-yellow and black spots.
There are large white spots along the edge of the mantle.
The gills and rhinophores are white with yellow to orange.
Photo 1 Johnny: Bangka Island North Sulawesi
Photos 2 - 3 Johnny: Lembeh Strait North - Sulawesi
Hypselodoris sp.7
Hypselodoris maculosa Pease 1871
Spotted hypselodoris
Maximum length: 40 mm
White body with brown, red or purple markings, with a series of white lines,
some of which may be interrupted.
White and purple spots all over the mantle.
The rinophores are white with red, brown or orange bands.
Photos 1 - 3 Johnny: Banga Island North - Sulawesi
Hypselodoris maridadilus Rudman, 1977
Magenta-striped nudibranch or Beautiful hyselodoris
Maximum length: 45 mm
Cream to yellow body with five dark, blue, purple or red longitudinal lines and equally colored edges from mantle to foot.
The gills are red, the rhinophores red with white tips.
Photo 1 Johnny: Lembeh Strait North - Sulawesi
Hypselodoris pulchella Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830
Cute Risbecia
Maximum length: 110 mm
Slender, white to purple body, with many small, orange dots on the upper side and on the foot.
The mantle has a thin, blue to violet edge.
Often head - to - tail crawling around, usually seen in pairs.
Photos 1 - 4 Johnny: Hurghada Egypt
Photo 5 Astrid: Hurghada Egypt
Hypselodoris tryoni Garrett, 1873
Tryon's risbecia or Tryon's hypselodoris
Maximum length: 90 mm
The body is cream to brownish, with black to red spots outlined in white.
There are thin blue lines on the mantle and foot.
The gills and rhinophores are yellow, pink to purple in color.
Often confused with Chromodoris leoparda, which has circles and no dots.
Photos 1 - 2 Johnny: Bangka Island North Sulawesi
Photos 3 - 5 Johnny: Lembeh Strait North - Sulawesi
Hypselodoris zephyra Gosliner & R.Johnson, 1999
West wind hypselodoris
Maximum length: 40 mm
White to yellowish body with thin, black or bluish-purple lines, blue to purple and yellow spots with soft edges between the lines and on the edge of the mantle.
The gills and rhinophores are brownish to orange.
Photos 1 - 3 Johnny: Lembeh Strait North - Sulawesi
Jorunna funebris Keelart, 1859
Funeral jorunna
Maximum length: 90 mm
White body with irregular patterns, mostly round, often black tubercles forming groups.
The rhinophores have black tips, the gills are black on the branches.
Photos 1 - 2 Johnny: Bangka Island North Sulawesi
Photo 3 Johnny: Lembeh Strait North - Sulawesi
Jorunna parva Baba, 1938
Little jorunna
Maximum length: 25 mm
Brown to orange body with a series of black fine pointed needles ( Caryophyllidia ).
It has reddish-brown rhinophores and gills.
Photos 1 - 2 Johnny: Bangka Island North Sulawesi
Mexichromis mariei Crosse, 1872
Marie's mexichromis
Maximum length: 25 mm
Body white or bluish to intense pink.
Purple warts on the upper side, the edge of the mantle is decorated
with an orange band or dense spots.
The gills and rhinophores are purple like the body.
Photo 1 - 2 Johnny: Bangka Island North Sulawesi
Photo 3 Johnny: Lembeh -Strait North - Sulawesi
Mexichromis multituberculata Baba, 1953
Bumpy mexichromis or Purple wart nudibranch
Maximum length: 20 mm
White to yellow body with stalked tubercles spotted with purple or red.
Mantle margin with rows of pustules, mostly orange, yellow or purple.
The rhinophores are blue to purple.
Photo 1 Johnny: Lembeh Strait North - Sulawesi
Mexichromis pusilla Bergh, 1874
Nudibranch - no english name yet
Maximum length: 20 mm
Feeds on sponges.
Photos 1 - 2 Johnny: Bangka Island North - Sulawesi
Peltodoris murrea Abraham, 1877
Nudibranch - no english name yet
Maximum length: 30 mm
White body with grayish-pink spots, sometimes with a black dot in the spot,
rough and sandy texture.
White rhinophores and gills.
Photos 1 - 2 Johnny: Bangka Island North Sulawesi
Thordisa sp.
Nudibranch - no english name yet
Maximum length: ??
A still undescribed animal.
Very difficult to photograph, you can hardly see the rhinophores
and the gills look as if they are covered in sand.
Photos 1 - 3 Johnny: Bangka Island North Sulawesi
Thorunna furtiva Bergh, 1878
Nudibranch - no english name yet
Maximum length: 20 mm
White body with orange to brown edges.
The rhinophores and gills also have an orange to brown border on the outside and inside.
Photos 1 - 2 Johnny: Bangka Island North - Sulawesi