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Dendrodoris elongata  Baba, 1936

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Dendrodoris elongata is characterized by it's elongate general shape. The body is translucent white with irregular brown and whitish star-like markings of varying sizes.
Very similar are:
Dendrodoris albopurpura which differs by the whitish encircled pustules each tipped with a brown or purple spot,
Dendrodoris albobrunnea which lacks the whitish star-like markings, many pictures of it at the internet are misidentified, showing Dendrodoris elongata, and
Dendrodoris sp. which differs by a fine network of grey pigment, and by the rhinophores wich have subapical black pigment
in IPN at page 279:
Gosliner, Terrence M., David W. Behrens & Ángel Valdés. 2008. Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and Sea Slugs. Sea Challengers Natural History Books.
Gig Harbor, Washington. 426 pp.
More informations on Dendrodoris elongata are at Bill Rudman's Sea-Slug Forum!