Florent's Guide To The

Hawaii Reefs

Forskal's Pleurobranch
Pleurobranchus forskalii
Forskal's Pleurobranch
Category: Sidegill Slugs
Scientific Name: Pleurobranchus forskalii
Size: Up to 12 in. (30 cm)  
Depth: 10-250 ft. (3-75 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii
Mollusca (Phylum)
└Gastropoda (Class)
 └Heterobranchia (Subclass)
  └Euthyneura (Infraclass)
   └Nudipleura (Superorder)
    └Pleurobranchida (Order)
     └Pleurobranchidae (Family)
      └Pleurobranchus (Genus)
       └P. forskalii (Species)

Sea Slugs
Sidegill Slugs

Forskal's Pleurobranch

Forskal's Pleurobranch (color variation)



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