"That's the gorgonian predator Hermodice carunculata and it's reported from the Mediterranean to the Indo Pacific. There's some debate as to whether it's really one species or a complex of morphologically similar species. It will take DNA analysis to resolve the issue."
Comment from Leslie Harris
That's the gorgonian predator Hermodice carunculata and it's reported from the Mediterranean to the Indo Pacific. There's some debate as to whether it's really one species or a complex of morphologically similar species. It will take DNA analysis to resolve the issue.