Hexabranchus sanguineus

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iSpanish Dancer

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Orthogastropoda
Superorder:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Opisthobranchia
Suborder:	Nudibranchia
Infraorder:	Anthobranchia
Superfamily:	Doridoidea
Family:	Hexabranchidae
Genus:	Hexabranchus
Species:	H. sanguineus

Binomial name

Hexabranchus sanguineus
(Ruppell & Leuckart, 1828)

Spanish Dancer is the common name for the nudibranch species Hexabranchus sanguineus, a large, strong swimming, brightly colored—red, hence sanguineus, and often yellow—sea slug of wide distribution. It is one of the largest of all nudibranchs, specimen of over 40cm length have been reported.