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Goniobranchus kuniei is a mollusc species in the family Chromodorididae, often classified as a sea slug. It is found in the western Pacific Ocean and eastern Indian Ocean including Fiji, the Marshall Islands, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and the French territory of New Caledonia. It has a body length of up to 40 mm and features a pattern of blue spots with pale blue haloes on a creamy mantle. The mantle has a double border of purple and blue. This G. kuniei individual was photographed in Wakatobi National Park, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia.Photograph credit: q phia; retouched by Christian Ferrer