Phyllidiella pustulosa
(Cuvier, 1804)
Also known as: Phyllidia melanocera
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Identification is verified by Nathalie Yonow, Nudi Pixel expert
Comment from Nathalie Yonow: This is a juvenile Phyllidiella pustulosa. My first time, I named it as new, because the small ones always look like this. Then they ‘jump’ to the typical Phyllidiella pustulosa form. I had called it Phyllidia melanocera because the rhinophores were so large and black.
| Location: | Marsa Alam, Egypt |
| Photographer: | Daniela Wolf |
| Camera: | Olympus C8080 Wide Zoom › View EXIF properties |
| Taken on: | October 26, 2005 |
| Viewed: | 600 times |
| Posted: | 9 months ago |
| Updated: | 9 months ago |
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Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Opisthobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Family: | Phyllidiidae |
| Species: | Phyllidiella pustulosa |