#phyllidia ocellata

[psikonauti]

Phyllidia ocellata

[anudibranchaday]

The Phyllidia ocellata is a very odd looking nudibranch, most notably for its many bumps covering its body. Although to us it looks odd, it could be a form of camouflage, as its main prey are sponges, which themselves are very bumpy and yellow/orange. This nudibranch grows to be about 3.5cm, and lives in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean.

[bugsfromtokyo]

Sea slug

[psikonauti]

Ocellate Phyllidia

[astronomy-to-zoology]

Phyllidia ocellata

...is a species of Phyllidiid nudibranch that is widely distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific and the Red Sea. Like other nudibranchs Phyllidia ocellata feeds mainly on sessile invertebrates like sponges. It has observed feeding on sponges from the Order Axinellida.

Classification

Animalia-Mollusca-Gastropoda-Heterobranchia-Euthyneura-Nudipleura-Nudibranchia-Euctenididacea-Doridacea-Phyllidioidea-Phyllidiidae-Phyllidia-P. ocellata

Images: Rokus Groeneveld

[mad-as-a-marine-biologist]

Phyllidia ocellata

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