Pustulose Wart Slug

Phyllidiella pustulosa

''Phyllidiella pustulosa'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.
Pimpled Phyllidiella Black with small pink to grey clusters of tubercles with whitish tips and black rhinophores. It grows up to 7 cm.
East Reef Wreck, Lankayan, Sabah. Fall,Geotagged,Malaysia,Phyllidiella pustulosa

Appearance

Although this nudibranch changes appearance as it grows, three median clusters of pink tubercles remain the same, except that they are amalgamated in juveniles and separated in large animals. These tubercles can range in color from pink to green to white. The intensity of the pink coloration and green-grey tones may possibly be related to diet, and the length of time since last feeding. Other distinguishing features are the pale pink edge of the mantle, the broad, triangular, black tipped oral tentacles and the rhinophoral clavus possessing 22 to 26 lamellae .
Phyllidiella pustulosa Pulau Abadi, Lembeh. Geotagged,Indonesia,Phyllidiella pustulosa,Pustulose Phyllidiella,Spring

Distribution

This species is one of the most common nudibranchs throughout the tropical Indo-West Pacific.

References:

Some text fragments are auto parsed from Wikipedia.

Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderNudibranchia
FamilyPhyllidiidae
GenusPhyllidiella
SpeciesP. pustulosa
Photographed in
Indonesia
Malaysia