Pseudoceros F
photo 1: Kapalua Bay, Maui. 15 ft.
photos 2-3: Cory Pittman, Kapalua Bay, Maui. < 15 ft. / < 14 ft.

Background body color black with wide white median stripe, white marginal band, and narrow yellow rim. Pseudotentacles formed by a fold of the anterior margin, black with white base.

This worm closely resembles Euryleptid 3 from Papua New Guinea on the Newman & Cannon CD, with minor differences. The PNG worm has true marginal tentacles rather than pseudotentacles, a narrower white median stripe, more white between its tentacles, and a slightly wider orange rim.

It could easily be confused with Pseudoceros paralaticlavus but has black tentacles and a wider white marginal band.

Another of these worms is posted on iNaturalist

This worm was previously listed here as cf Euryleptid 3

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