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Elegant Phyllidia Seen in Cabilao, Philippines (2012). Photo by Mark Bockstael (my husband).  <br />
Phyllidia elegans is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae. This animal can be distinguished by a pale-colored foot having a single median longitudinal black line on the sole, a light pink dorsal tubercles commonly tipped in yellow, and black lines on the lateral margins of the sole.<br />
Habitat: This species has been found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Andaman Sea, Myanmar, the Red Sea, the Mariana Islands, north Sulawesi, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.          Fall,Geotagged,Philippines,Phyllidia elegans Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Elegant Phyllidia

Seen in Cabilao, Philippines (2012). Photo by Mark Bockstael (my husband).
Phyllidia elegans is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae. This animal can be distinguished by a pale-colored foot having a single median longitudinal black line on the sole, a light pink dorsal tubercles commonly tipped in yellow, and black lines on the lateral margins of the sole.
Habitat: This species has been found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Andaman Sea, Myanmar, the Red Sea, the Mariana Islands, north Sulawesi, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.

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''Phyllidia elegans'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.

Similar species: Sea Slugs
Species identified by Patomarazul
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Uploaded Jul 4, 2016. Captured Oct 8, 2012 06:10 in Cabilao Island Rd, Loon, Bohol, Philippines.
  • DC1400
  • f/9.6
  • 1/60s
  • ISO100
  • 8.3mm