Eyed
phyllid nudibranch
Phyllidia
ocellata
Family Phyllidiidae
updated
May 2020
Where
seen? This stunning nudibranch with 'eyes' on its back
is sometimes seen, on our Southern shores, on coral rubble and
reefs.
Features: About 5cm long. Body
long, hard with white bumps on a yellow body. Some of the white bumps
have dark circles so they look like big eyes. The rhinophores are
yellow too. The literally eye-popping colours and design warn predators
of its unpleasant nature. When disturbed, noxious secretions appear
from the bumps. |
Pulau Jong,
Aug 06 |
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Pulau Jong,
Aug 06 |
| Eyed
phyllid nudibranchs on Singapore shores |
| Other sightings on Singapore shores |
Beting Bemban Besar, Mar 2020
Photo shared by Jesselyn Chua on facebook. |
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Links
References
- Tan Siong
Kiat and Henrietta P. M. Woo, 2010 Preliminary
Checklist of The Molluscs of Singapore (pdf), Raffles
Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore.
- Debelius,
Helmut, 2001. Nudibranchs
and Sea Snails: Indo-Pacific Field Guide
IKAN-Unterwasserachiv, Frankfurt. 321 pp.
- Wells, Fred
E. and Clayton W. Bryce. 2000. Slugs
of Western Australia: A guide to the species from the Indian to
West Pacific Oceans.
Western Australian Museum. 184 pp.
- Coleman,
Neville. 2001. 1001
Nudibranchs: Catalogue of Indo-Pacific Sea Slugs. Neville
Coleman's Underwater Geographic Pty Ltd, Australia.144pp.
- Coleman,
Neville, 1989. Nudibranchs
of the South Pacific Vol 1. 64 pp.
- Humann, Paul
and Ned Deloach. 2010. Reef
Creature Identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications.
497pp.
- Gosliner,
Terrence M., David W. Behrens and Gary C. Williams. 1996. Coral
Reef Animals of the Indo-Pacific: Animal life from Africa to Hawaii
exclusive of the vertebrates
Sea Challengers. 314pp.
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