Nudibranch ID

MusicTeach

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Looking to ID this nudibranch. Any thoughts? So far, suggestions have been aeolidia papillosa or aeolidia baeolidia or aeolidia spurilla . Notice how the things on top create ringlets. They seem to have a coloration similar to polyp tentacles of the cup coral I got on my live rock. Here's a picture I found on the internet with similar tentacles to my cup corals.

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I agree with the aeolid sp. ID, they tend to look like the corals they consume as a form of camouflage.
 
Just to be safe, yes... (out of sight, out of mind) Fascinating creatures, no doubt, but keeping them in our small ecosystems is just not the best bet sometimes.
 
Got a few new photos of him. :)
 

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