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Nudibranchs, The Naked-Gill Sea Slugs, pt. 10, Dorids

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By Bob Fenner  
Phyllidia ocellata Yonow & Debelius 1991. Highly variable in appearance over its wide range in the Indo-Pacific. One in Fiji, N. Sulawesi far right and below.  http://www.seaslugforum.net/search.cfm?searchstring=Phyllidia+ocellata

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Phyllidia varicosa Lamarck, 1801. Red Sea to Hawai'i. To nearly three inches in length. Common; with yellow rhinophores, longitudinal blue ridges with yellow tops and black lines between To 4.5". One in Bunaken/Manado/Sulawesi/Indonesia, one in Hawai'i, and a third in Nuka Hiva, Marquesas.  The middle one is about three inches in length.
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Genus Phyllidiella:
Phyllidiella annulata. Ringed Phyllidiella. Pimple-like white spots on a pink w/ black lined body. To 3 cm. Andaman Sea to Fiji.

Phyllidiella pustulosa (Cuvier 1804). Black body with pink tuberculations arranged in rows to clusters. Common from the Red Sea to Hawai'i. One in Fiji, another in Hawai'i.

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Phyllidiella zeylanica (Kelaart 1859). TO 70 mm. Four tubercled ridges running front to back. Rhinophores black. Mauritius 2016.

 

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