Phyllidiopsis annae
Anne's phyllidiopsis
Philippines · Indo Pacific - South China Sea
- Size
- 4–14 mm
- Native range
- Indo-West Pacific: Thailand, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Japan.
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Description
A tiny phyllidiid nudibranch described by Brunckhorst in 1993 from Phi Phi Island, Thailand. Like other phyllidiids it feeds on sponges.
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Identification
Oval-elongate body with blue and black stripes on the back: three blue median ridges run back towards the black anal opening. The mantle margin is blue and granular with scattered black spots. Rhinophores black with grey bases; oral tentacles black.
Similar species
Phyllidiopsis striata has white, not blue, ridges and a white mantle margin; P. sphingis has blue only at the margins and non-blue median ridges.
Habitat & diet
Habitat
Coral reefs; recorded at about 10–18 m.
Food
Like other phyllidiids, feeds on sponges.