Dermatobranchus pustulosus
Warty pinstripe
Philippines · Indo Pacific - South China Sea
- Size
- 15 mm
- Native range
- Indo-West Pacific, from South Africa to Indonesia and the western Pacific.
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Description
An arminid nudibranch, one of the oldest-described species in its genus (van Hasselt, 1824, from Java). Its back is covered with rows of small pustule-like bumps, which give it its name.
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Identification
Back mottled with yellow, violet and black and covered with rows of small pustular bumps. Rhinophores blackish and slightly clubbed, with a white spot near the tip.
Similar species
Other Dermatobranchus (e.g. D. striatus, D. gonatophorus) have longitudinal ridges or different colours rather than rows of pustules.
Habitat & diet
Habitat
Tropical reefs and rubble slopes.
Food
Like other Dermatobranchus, feeds on octocorals (soft corals and gorgonians).