Samla bicolor

Samla bicolor is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Samlidae.^[2]

Samla bicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Cladobranchia
Superfamily:	Fionoidea
Family:	Samlidae
Genus:	Samla
Species:	S. bicolor
Binomial name
Samla bicolor (Kelaart, 1858)[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Ceylon. It is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific region.^[3] In Hawaii it can be commonly found in Big Island, Maui, Oahu, Niihau, Laysan, Midway and Kure.^[4]

Description

Samla bicolor can grow to a maximum length of 20 mm and has a translucent body and white tips to the oral tentacles. There is an orange band near the tip of the rhinophores and on each of the cerata.^[5] Animals from different regions show subtle differences in coloration and in the shape of the oral tentacles and may be members of a species complex.^[3]