Portal:Latin America/Featured picture/Week 32, 2006

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The Spanish shawl (Flabellina iodinea) is a nudibranch native to the North American west coast. It has been reported as far north as British Columbia, Canada and as far south as Punta Asuncion, Baja California Sur, Mexico, and in addition to this in the Gulf of California and the Galapagos Islands. It displays a stunning set of colors, the body being purple, the gills being orange and the rhinophores being scarlet red.