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Burn's Phyllidiopsis
Phyllidiopsis burni
White-spotted Yellow Wart Slug
Phyllidia flava
- Max size
- View in app
- Max depth
- 40 m
- Found in
- 16 regions
How to recognise it
- Colours
- whiteyelloworange
- Pattern
- Blotches or dots, Tubercles pattern
Phyllidia flava is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.
Description
Phyllidia flava is bright yellow with contrasting large white tubercles. Smaller tubercles are yellow. As Phyllidia flava lacks black pigmentation it is easily distinguished from all of its conspecifics. Phyllidia ocellata is the only other species with a gold background colour to the dorsum that sometimes has white capped tubercles. However P. ocellata is a large species which has black, often circular, regions on the dorsum. Ventrally, P. ocellata is coloured grey.
Distribution
This species is the only Phyllidiid known to be native to the Mediterranean Sea.
Similar species
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Elegant Phyllidia
Phyllidia elegans
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Madang Phyllidia
Phyllidia madangensis
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Mushroom Coral Reticulidia
Reticulidia fungia
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Nautical Phyllidia
Phyllidia marindica
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Ocellate Phyllidia
Phyllidia ocellata
Questions
Is White-spotted Yellow Wart Slug dangerous?
White-spotted Yellow Wart Slug has no known danger to humans. However, always observe marine life responsibly.
Where can you find White-spotted Yellow Wart Slug?
How deep does White-spotted Yellow Wart Slug live?
White-spotted Yellow Wart Slug can be found at depths of up to 40 meters.
