Cabangus regius is a species of sea slug, a dendronotid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dendronotidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cabangus regius (Pola & Stout, 2008). Accessed on 2020-09-03.
Distribution This species was described from Bunaken Island, Manado, Celebes Sea, Sulawesi, Indonesia. It has been reported from the Philippines, several places in Indonesia and Sabah, Malaysia.Rudman, W.B., 2000 (March 22) Dendronotus sp. 1. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Description This is a small species of dendronotid, growing to a maximum size of 30 mm.Gosliner, T.M., Valdés, A. & Behrens, D.W. (2015). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification - Indo-Pacific. New World Publications, Jacksonville, Florida, 408 pp., page 311. The body is translucent white with a surface tinged with milky white to pink. The tips of the dorsal appendages and rhinophore sheath processes are dark brown and there are rounded spots of the same colour scattered over the back and sides of the body. The rhinophore clubs are bright orange. Some specimens have extensive orange pigment on the body. A similar animal with raised, pointed tubercles on the body and dark brown rhinophore clubs is probably a distinct species.
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