About Nembrotha aurea Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2008
Nembrotha aurea Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2008 is a large creamy-yellow nembrothid nudibranch that reaches at least 30 mm in total length. Its body is patterned with brown longitudinal lines. It has reddish-brown rhinophores, an orange-red mantle, white and electric blue gill stalks and branches, and deep red gill pinnae. The type locality of this species is Msimbati, located in the Mtwara Region of Tanzania, and it has been recorded across the western Indo-Pacific Ocean. In its ecology, Nembrotha aurea feeds on colonial ascidians.
