Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Blue Dragon Nudibranch
Blue Dragon Nudibranch
Scientific Name: Pteraeolidia semperi
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Facelinidae
Category: Aeolid Nudibranchs
Size: 1 to 5 in. (2.5 to 12 cm)  
Depth: 10-100 ft. (3-30 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii
Note: Possibly a complex of species. Often misidentified as P. ianthina, a temperate Australian species.

Sea Slugs
Aeolid Nudibranchs

Blue Dragon Nudibranch

Desirable Flabellina

Purple-Ring Nudibranch

Redline Flabellina

Flabellina engeli

Yellow-Tipped Phyllodesmium

Kabira Phyllodesmium

Solar-Powered Phyllodesmium

Great Phyllodesmium

Bicolor Flabellina

Mournful Phestilla

Trinchesia sp. 1

Blue-Banded Trinchesia

Eubranchus mandapamensis

Ocellated Eubranchus

Eubranchus sp. 1

Eubranchus sp. 2

Red-Speckled Eubranchus

Antonietta sp. 1

Indian Caloria

Cratena affinis

Red-Spotted Facelinid

Ringed Favorinus

Brock's Moridilla

Noumeaella sp. 1



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