Amanda armata, the night sky nudibranch, is a species of sea slug, specifically an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.Sartori, André F. (2014). Amanda armata Macnae, 1954. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-27
Distribution This species is endemic to South Africa, having only been found around the coast on both sides of the Cape Peninsula, intertidally to about 15 m.Gosliner, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa
Description The night sky nudibranch grows to between 10 and 20 mm in total length. It is a slender, pale-bodied nudibranch with groups of brown cerata having large white spots running down the length of the body. Its rhinophores are annulate, and there is a pair of elongated oral tentacles with white blotches.Zsilavecz, G. 2007. Nudibranchs of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay.
Ecology The food and egg mass of this nudibranch are unknown.
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External links https://web.archive.org/web/20170921190709/http://www.nudipixel.net/species/amanda_armata/