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| Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > sea slugs > Order Nudibranchia > Family Phyllidiidae |
| Varicose
phyllid nudibranch Phyllidia varicosa Family Phyllidiidae updated Oct 10 Where seen? This colourful nudibranch is sometimes encountered on some of our Southern shores, on coral rubble and reefs. Features: 4-5 cm long. Body long, hard with bumps (called tubercles) without feathery external gills on the back. Distinguished by 3-6 ridges of bumps along the length of the body. The bumps are blue-grey where they join the body and tipped yellow. The short rhinophores are orange. It has a black stripe along the length of its foot. It secretes noxious substances from glands in the white coloured portion of its body. |
 St. John's Island, May 05 |
 Black stripe on the underside. |
 Gills on the sides instead of in a feathery bunch on the back. |
 Orange rhinophores. |
Varicose phyllid nudibranchs on Singapore shores
 Pulau Jong, Jul 06 |
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 Pulau Jong, Jul 06 |
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 Pulau Hantu, Jul 03 |
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