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Conclusion: Aplysia cf. nigrocincta
Reviewed by Codex identification research on Aug 27, 2026 · 88% reviewer confidence.
Reasoning recorded at review
- Small, smooth-bodied Aplysia with a large visceral hump
- Reddish-dark-brown body
- Pale blue-white edging and tips on the parapodia, rhinophores and oral tentacles
- Large mantle foramen is not raised into a volcano-like papilla
Alternatives considered
- Aplysia atromarginata or another former A. parvula-complex lineage
Why plausible: The 2019 revision split the old circumtropical A. parvula concept into ten taxa, several in the Indo-Pacific
Comparison: Mantle-aperture structure, shell, reproductive anatomy and DNA are needed to eliminate the closest lineages conclusively
Evidence limits & sources +−
- • No shell, internal anatomy or DNA
- • External colour is variable within the complex
