Phyllidiopsis sphingis
Brunckhorst, 1993
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Below is comment from Dr. Bill Rudman, go to Sea Slug Forum to read more information
Dear Harry,
This is a nice find. It's Phyllidiopsis sphingis which is known from a very few records from a few parts of the western Pacific, including Guam, Hawaii, and Madang in Papua New Guinea. If you look carefully you can see white granules scattered through the skin near the mantle edge. These are small glands but I suspect they increase the opacity of the mantle around the edge and enhance the 'blueness' and reflectivity of the border
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
| Location: | Saipan, Nthn. Mariana Islands |
| Photographer: | Harry Blalock |
| Camera: | Canon Digital IXUS 800 IS › View EXIF properties |
| Taken on: | August 19, 2007 |
| Viewed: | 481 times |
| Posted: | 1 year ago |
| Updated: | 11 months ago |
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Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Opisthobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Family: | Phyllidiidae |
| Species: | Phyllidiopsis sphingis |