page_title: Mandela's nudibranch
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Mandela's nudibranch / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: a closeup photo of the rhinophores of a striped Mandela's nudibranch, Mandelia mirocornata taken in 28 m of water at Whittle Rock in False Bay using a Nikonos V camera.
context_page_description: Mandela's nudibranch, Mandelia mirocornata, is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc, the only member of the genus Mandelia and the family Mandeliidae. The genus and family name honor Nelson Mandela, the former President of South Africa.
context_section_description: Mandela's nudibranch has a bumpy dirty white to brown skin. It has black spots scattered over the notum. Its gills and rhinophores are large and creamy-coloured. The rhinophores are perfoliate, but are oblong rather than round. The animal may also have irregular brown stripes rather than spots on the notum, radiating out to the margins. It may reach a total length of 70 mm.
caption: The unusual oblong rhinophores of Mandela's nudibranch
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