Phyllidia willani
Brunckhorst, 1993
Photographed by: Indra Swari
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Opisthobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Family: | Phyllidiidae |
| Species: | Phyllidia willani |
Comment from Richard Willan on photo #8055
An atypical individual with only a narrow black line forming a circle on the central area of the mantle.Comment from Richard Willan on photo #4927
Note the characteristic white granules in the skin that are not present in similar colour forms of the related species Phyllidia ocellata.Comment from Richard Willan on photo #2807
A nice photo of a typical adult specimen.Comment from Richard Willan on photo #2694
A juvenile individual in which the lateral black swirls and white granules characteristic of this species are present, but none of the pustules have acquired the orange pigmentation on their caps yet.Locality:
- Indonesia
- Lembeh (3) Apr, Jul, Oct
- Ambon (2) Jan
- Rinca Island (2) Dec
- Raja Ampat (1) Mar
- Alor (1) May
- Manado (1) Aug
- Pulau Seribu (1) Nov
- Bunaken (1) Jul
- Philippines
- Taiwan
- Long Dong (1) Jun
- Wai Mu Shan (1)
- PNG
- Malaysia
- Tunku Abdul Rahman Park (1) Dec
- Thailand
- Similan Islands (1) Apr
