Pustulose Wart Slug

Q: Where can you find Pustulose Wart Slug?

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

Phyllidiella pustulosa

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Max depth: 38 m
Found in: 58 regions

How to recognise it

Colours: whiteblackgreygreenpink
Pattern: Tubercles pattern

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).