This colorful sea slug is popularly known as the Spanish dancer 💃 That’s a lot easier to say than their scientific name, Hexabranchus sanguineus. 📹: @ kotravellers #VOTD #VideoOfTheDay | Animal Planet

Hypnotic Spanish Dancer at Night 💃🌊 A magical moment from our night dive — the elegant Spanish Dancer sea slug swirling gracefully in the dark waters. Nature’s underwater flamenco show! #nightdiving #UnderwaterMagic #ScubaDiving #SeaCreatures #redsea #MarineLife #FollowAndShare | Red Sea Diving

Known as Spanish dancers, these mollusks are usually only a couple inches long—but can grow up to a foot and a half in length. | National Geographic

El Spanish dancer es uno de los animales más bonitos del Mar Rojo. A veces lo ves quieto en la roca y parece nada especial… pero cuando empieza a nadar, se abre como un vestido rojo y se mueve igual que una bailarina de flamenco. Por eso le dicen “bailarín español”. Es un animal tranquilo, normalmente sale de noche y nunca hace daño. Eso sí, mejor solo mirarlo y no tocarlo. Si tienes suerte y lo ves en el agua, es un momento que no se olvida 🛑 ¿Es peligroso? No es peligroso para humanos. Pero s

"THE BEAUTY AND GRACE OF A SPANISH DANCER" Science name is “Hexabranchus sanguineus”. It means “six-branchiae of blood color”. The Spanish dancer is a large dorid nudibranch which can grow up to a maximum length of 60 cm. However, the commonly observed size is between 20 and 30 cm long. Its body coloration is generally orange-red speckled with multiple small white dots but it also can be uniformly bright red or yellow with red scattered spots. Its body is soft and flattened, the anterior dorsal