7 photos - 3 species
Berthellina citrina Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828
Lemon pleurobranch, Side-gilled slug or Orange gumdrop
Maximum length: 30 mm
Nocturnal, they eat sponges, tunicates and other invertebrates.
They have strong jaws and broad rasping tongues.
Photo 1 Johnny: Hurghada Egypt
Pleurobranchus forskalii Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828
Forsskal's pleurobranch or Sidegill slug
Maximum 150 mm
Lives on corals, sand and mud.
Eats sea squirts and sponges.
Photos 1 - 2 Johnny: Hurghada Egypt
Pleurobranchus grandis Pease, 1868
Sidegill slug, Grand pleurobranch or Tiled pleurobranch
Maximum length: 100 mm
Although variable, the colour pattern is mostly pale with red bands.
Photos 1 - 4 Johnny: Hurghada Egypt