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  • male eye cirri very long, flattened
    male: 1st D spine ~ 4 skin flaps
    male: red brown; eye cirri green + orange; thin cream bars on body
    A 25-26
    female: pale spots in dark mesh, D with dark spot
  • snout: 2 ridges with tubercles
    male: head black, eye red, D - black, orange & blue, 1st spine - 3-5 skin flaps
    female: D- 1st 3 spines long, then notch; pale, white flecks, brown spots
    A 21-23
  • head: warts + 2 ridges between eyes
    eye: 2 deeply branched cirri
    head & body - white spots
    D: front ocellus