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Phestilla melanobrachia (Cup Coral Nudibranch)
Scientific name: Phestilla melanobrachia

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Mollusca → Class Gastropoda → Subclass Heterobranchia → Infraclass Euthyneura → Subterclass Ringipleura → Superorder Nudipleura → Order Nudibranchia → Suborder Cladobranchia → Superfamily Fionoidea → Family Trinchesiidae → Genus Phestilla

Common name: Cup Coral Nudibranch
Locations: Hawaii, Indo-Pacific
Group: Marine LifeInvertebratesNudibranchs

Look for these where you see the white skeletons of cup corals. They're almost indistinguishable from their cup coral prey.

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Phestilla melanobrachia (Cup Coral Nudibranch)
Phestilla melanobrachia (Cup Coral Nudibranch)
Phestilla melanobrachia (Cup Coral Nudibranch)
Phestilla melanobrachia (Cup Coral Nudibranch)
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