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Chromodoris hintuanensis  Gosliner & Behrens, 1998

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The sea-slug  Chromodoris hintuanensis is pretty variable in it's colour:
the first one shown here from the Philippines looks similar to Chromodoris geometrica
the second one (the picture is from Thailand) has orange spots. 
Two major points of difference to Chromodoris geometrica are the rhinophore & gill colour and the presence of a few small white rounded nodules on the mantle, each surrounded by a ring of deep magenta,  purple or black. The gills and rhinophores are a translucent reddish purple colour edged with a dark line of the same colour.
More informations on Chromodoris hintuanensis are at Bill Rudman's Sea-Slug Forum!