About Glossodoris hikuerensis (Pruvot-Fol, 1954)
Glossodoris hikuerensis has a pale brown body covered in scattered white speckles. It has a highly frilly mantle, bordered by a sequence of brown, black, and brown lines. Its gills are semi-translucent white, and its rhinophores match the speckled pale brown pattern of its body. This species is a relatively large nudibranch, growing to at least 100 millimeters in length. This nudibranch is found in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean, with recorded observations ranging from East Africa in the Indian Ocean all the way to French Polynesia in the Pacific Ocean. Like many other nudibranchs, Glossodoris hikuerensis feeds on sponges. The only confirmed sponge species that it eats is Hyrtios erectus. When it is disturbed, this species releases a milky-white substance as a chemical defense mechanism.
