This colorful sea slug is popularly known as the Spanish dancer 💃 That’s a lot easier to say than their scientific name, Hexabranchus sanguineus. 📹: @ kotravellers #VOTD #VideoOfTheDay | Animal Planet

Hypnotic Spanish Dancer at Night 💃🌊 A magical moment from our night dive — the elegant Spanish Dancer sea slug swirling gracefully in the dark waters. Nature’s underwater flamenco show! #nightdiving #UnderwaterMagic #ScubaDiving #SeaCreatures #redsea #MarineLife #FollowAndShare | Red Sea Diving

Hypnotizing spanish dancer... The Spanish dancer, scientific name Hexabranchus sanguineus is a form of nudibranch or sea slug. Its scientific name Hexabranchus sanguineus literally translate into Six-gill blood colored, which describe its six Christmas tree like exposed gills, and its deep red blood-like body coloring. Spanish Dancers are found only in the Indo-Pacific Oceans and the Red Sea, and its color usually ranges from pink to a deep rich crimson with whitish markings during the daylight

Vibrant Spanish Dancer swims wp hqe8o #nature #Ocean #fish | PreeOcean

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"THE BEAUTY AND GRACE OF A SPANISH DANCER" Science name is “Hexabranchus sanguineus”. It means “six-branchiae of blood color”. The Spanish dancer is a large dorid nudibranch which can grow up to a maximum length of 60 cm. However, the commonly observed size is between 20 and 30 cm long. Its body coloration is generally orange-red speckled with multiple small white dots but it also can be uniformly bright red or yellow with red scattered spots. Its body is soft and flattened, the anterior dorsal