Tom Smith's Nudibranch - Ardeadoris tomsmithi
This beautiful, brightly colored sea slug is Ardeadoris tomsmithi (Gastropoda - Chromodorididae), distinguished by its translucent tan body with cream pustules and a convoluted cream-white mantle margin edged with white and yellow. This is a diurnal species found on rocky bottoms in Hawaii, the Marshall Islands and Japan.
References: [1] - [2] - [3]
Photo credit: ©Mike Roberts | Locality: Hawaii (2006)








