Photo of Phyllidiopsis burni taken by Francesco de Marchi at Manado, Indonesia (verified by Nathalie Yonow)
Scientific Classification:
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderNudibranchia
SuborderDoridina
FamilyPhyllidiidae
SpeciesPhyllidiopsis burni

Information

Comment from expert, Nathalie Yonow: This is Phyllidiopsis burni, with the tiny isolated tubercles along the pink/white margin. More black on the dorsum than the others, and the tubercles not so quadrangularly arranged as in Phyllidiella lizae and Phyllidiella pustulosa.

Locality

Indonesia
Bali
Feb, May, Sep
Bunaken
Jul, Nov
Lembeh
May, Nov
North Sulawesi
Mar
Raja Ampat
Jan, Feb
Wakatobi
Sep, Oct
Ambon
Aug
Manado
Apr
 
PNG
Kavieng
Mar, Jul
Milne Bay
Nov, Dec
Tufi
Apr, Nov
 
Philippines
Puerto Galera
Aug, Nov
Anilao
Sep
Dumaguete
Nov
Subic Bay
May
 
Australia
Ningaloo Reef
Apr, Jul
 
Guam
Cetti Bay
Nov
 
Malaysia
Sabah
Jun, Nov
 
Australia
Coral Sea
Jul
 
Guam
Guam
Jun
 
Malaysia
Perhentian
May
 
Taiwan
Long Dong
May, Sep
 
India
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Feb
 
Thailand
Similan Islands
Nov
 
Vanuatu
Vanuatu
Feb

Sample Photos of Phyllidiopsis burni

Photo by Yudhistira Wiryawan in Bali, Indonesia
Photo by Indra Swari in Similan Islands, Thailand
Photo by Ken Tucker in Wakatobi, Indonesia
Photo by Francesco de Marchi in Manado, Indonesia