Asteronotus hepaticus is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.Bouchet, P. (2016). Asteronotus hepaticus (Abraham, 1877). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-24
Distribution This species was originally described from the Pacific Ocean. It is known from Vanuatu, Indonesia, the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.Gosliner T.M., Behrens D.W. & Valdés A. (2008) Indo-Pacific nudibranchs and sea slugs. Sea Challengers Natural History Books and California Academy of Sciences. 426 pp., page 173.
Description Asteronotus hepaticus is a large dorid nudibranch with a distinctive deep purple colouration.Anderson, J. (2002). Asteronotus hepaticus at nudibranch.org.
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