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Nudibranch

Phestilla melanobrachia

Photo by AlbertKang
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Description:

Bright orange in colour, small in size, around 2 cm.
They feeds on Tubbastrea corals and are well camouflaged among their food source as their cerata looks like the polyps of the Tubastrea cup corals.
Pic#2 is of another individual that was outside of Tubbastrea cup coral.

Habitat:

Usually found among their food source, Tubbastrea corals

Notes:

New Organism to Project Noah

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