Pustulose Wart Slug

Q: Where can you find Pustulose Wart Slug?

Pustulose Wart Slug can be found in: Bali, Egypt East, Mariana Islands, Australia West, Saudi Arabia West, Malaysia East, Taiwan, Marshall Islands, Malaysia West, Hawaii, Somalia East, Vanuatu, Sudan, Brunei, China, Myanmar, Eritrea, Australia, Kenya, Israel, USA West, Japan South, Thailand East, Thailand West, Israel South, Indo-Pacific West, Somalia North, Australia East, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Indo-Pacific, Papua New Guinea, South Korea, Polynesia, Singapore, Malaysia, USA, Red Sea, Japan, Indonesia, Jordan, Palau, Philippines, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Micronesia, Egypt, Tonga and Samoa, Yemen, Mascarene Islands, Kiribati, Djibouti, Fiji, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Somalia.

Phyllidiella pustulosa

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Phyllidiella pustulosa is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.

Description

Although this nudibranch changes appearance as it grows, three median clusters of (usually) pink tubercles remain the same, except that they are amalgamated in juveniles and separated in large animals. These tubercles can range in color from pink to green to white. The intensity of the pink coloration and green-grey tones may possibly be related to diet, and the length of time since last feeding. Other distinguishing features are the pale pink edge of the mantle, the broad, triangular, black tipped oral tentacles and the rhinophoral clavus possessing 22 to 26 lamellae (in specimens greater than 35 mm).