species: Phyllidiella pustulosa in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Phyllidiella pustulosa


©Barbara Banks: Phyllidiella pustulosa at Jewell Reef

©Lyle Vail: Phyllidiella pustulosa about 50 mm long, Lizard Island lagoon

©Lyle Vail: Underside of Phyllidiella pustulosa about 50 mm long at Lizard Island. The foot sole is uniformly grey, no line.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Nudibranchia
Family Phyllidiidae
Genus Phyllidiella
Species Phyllidiella pustulosa

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Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

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Distinguishing features

A solid slug, black with clusters of pink/blue/purplish tubercles, a black band near the margin of the mantle and a paler band on the margin. Black rhinophores with more than 22 lamellae (tiny layers). Sole of foot uniformly grey, no darker midline.

Size

  • Up to 7 cm (Length according to Humann and Deloach (2010))

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Local abundance

  • Lizard Island: Common

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References

  • Bogdanov, A., A. Papu, S. Kehraus, M. Cruesemann, H. Waegele and G.M. Koenig (2020). Metabolome of the Phyllidiella pustulosa species complex (Nudibranchia, Heterobranchia, Gastropoda) reveals rare dichloroimidic sesquiterpene derivatives from a phylogenetically distinct and undescribed clade. Journal of Natural Products, 83(9): 2785-2796. LIRS catalog number 2478.
  • Cortesi, F. and K.L. Cheney (2010). Conspicuousness is correlated with toxicity in marine opisthobranchs, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 23: 1509-1518. LIRS catalog number 1360.
  • Waegele, H., I. Burghardt, N. Anthes, J. Evertsen, A. Klussman-Kolb and G. Brodie (2006). Species diversity of opisthobranch molluscs on Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, In: Contemporary studies into the systematics and evolution of opisthobranch molluscs, (Eds. G. Brodie, S. Fahey and F.E. Wells), Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 69: 33-59. LIRS catalog number 1036.