Selection: Aegires villosus

Aegires villosus Farran, 1905

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Aegires villosus is characterized by its purple tipped papillae, the major body colour varies from translucent whitish-pink to purple. The body has darker purple and orange spatches. Let me quote IPN: "This species exhibits considerable variation in color pattern". The rhinophores are either completely maroon or white with an orange band and maroon tips. The species of the genus Aegires feed on calcareous sponges. Length up to 2 cm
Pretty similar is Aegires sp. 04 which has globular black tips of its tubercles - I am not convinced that they are distinct!
The first two pictures of Aegires sp. D were originally posted at these websites as Aegires villosus.
Gosliner, Terrence M., David W. Behrens & Ángel Valdés. 2008. Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and Sea Slugs. Sea Challengers Natural History Books.
Gig Harbor, Washington. 426pp. at page 144
More informations on Aegires villosus are at Bill Rudman's Sea-Slug Forum!