Baeolidia macleayi has a translucent brownish body covered with small, irregular opaque white spots and some orange patches over the pericardium and down the middle of the back. The
rhinophores are transversely ribbed. They are translucent white with small white spots and white tips. The oral tentacles are short and slender, translucent white with white spots. The
cerata are moderately long and fusiform in shape. There is a band of white spots halfway up each ceras and a distinct lemon yellow ring towards the tip. ==References==