Weird Nanaimo Nudibranch?

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Weird Nanaimo Nudibranch?

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Is this a Nanaimo Nudibranch (Acanthodoris columbina) or something else? The defined black patches have me confused.
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Yes it is, They have a definite black cycle
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Thanks Dusty. Didn't' know they got so splotchy.
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Some of them get almost black

http://underthesound.smugmug.com/Underw ... &k=mgGz4RT
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