Pseudobiceros hymanae Newman & Cannon, 1997. Halona Blowhole, O`ahu. 20 ft.
Note how close in color this is to Pseudobiceros periculosus.
More confusion: a photo of this flatworm swimming appears on p. 78 of Hawaii's Sea Creatures. Dr. Leslie Newman identified the photo as Pseudobiceros gloriosus because P. hymanae had not yet been described. A larger photo of the true P. gloriosus, taken outside Hawai`i by Leslie Newman & Andrew Flowers, appears beneath it. The Hawaiian record of gloriosus was made based on the photo of the swimming animal, which we now know was misidentified. Most likely P. gloriosus does not occur in Hawai`i.

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