Photo of Pteraeolidia ianthina taken by Phil Garner at Fiji
Scientific Classification:
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderNudibranchia
SuborderAeolidina
FamilyFacelinidae
SpeciesPteraeolidia ianthina

Locality

Indonesia
Lembeh
Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
Bali
Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Nov, Dec
Bunaken
Feb, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov
Raja Ampat
Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Oct, Nov, Dec
Komodo
May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
North Sulawesi
Apr, May, Aug, Oct
Manado
Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Nov
Ambon
Sep, Oct
Wakatobi
Apr, Oct, Dec
Alor
Apr, Jul, Oct
Rinca Island
Oct, Dec
Lombok
Aug, Oct
Karimunjawa
Aug
Sangeang Island
Sep
Sumbawa
Sep
West Java
Feb, Nov
Bangka North Sulawesi
Nov
Central Java
Sep
East Java
Apr
Gili Banta Island
Jan
Kolonodale
Aug
Lampung
Mar
Sangihe
Apr
Sumatera
May
Walea
Oct
Weh Island
Dec
 
Philippines
Anilao
Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov
Puerto Galera
Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Aug, Oct, Nov, Dec
Dauin
Feb, Mar, Apr, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Nov
Malapascua
Jan, Feb, Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec
Coron
Jan, Feb
Apo Island
Jul, Sep
Davao
Jan, Mar
Boracay
Dec
Dumaguete
Nov
General Santos
Mar
Negros
Nov
Palawan
May
 
Malaysia
Tioman
Apr, Aug, Sep, Oct
Sabah
Jan, Mar, Apr, Aug
Tenggol
Apr, May, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov
Lankayan
Jun, Aug, Sep
Kapalai
Aug, Dec
Perhentian
Mar, May, Jul
Mabul
Apr, Dec
Malaysia
Sep, Oct
Sipadan
Apr, Dec
Aur - Dayang
May, Jun
Redang
Jun
Tunku Abdul Rahman Park
Apr
 
Australia
Nelson Bay
Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
Sydney
Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jul, Sep, Nov, Dec
New South Wales
Jan, Feb, Mar, May, Jun, Dec
Busselton
Jan
Port Hedland
Oct
Queensland
Feb
 
Thailand
Koh Phi Phi
Jan, May, Jun, Sep, Oct, Dec
Similan Islands
Jan, Feb, Apr, Nov
Koh Bon
Mar, Dec
Richelieu Rock
Apr
Thailand
Jan
Khao Lak
Jan
Phuket
Apr
Samaesan
Sep
 
Nthn. Mariana Islands
Saipan
Jan, Apr, Aug, Sep
 
Kenya
Malindi
Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov
Watamu
Feb, Mar
 
PNG
PNG
Apr, Nov, Dec
Tufi
Mar, Apr
New Britain
Nov
 
Egypt
Egypt
Jan, Mar
Hurghada
Jan, May
Marsa Alam
Dec
 
Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste
Jan, Mar, May, Dec
 
Fiji
Fiji
Feb, Mar, Jun, Dec
 
India
Gujarat
Apr, Nov
 
Guam
Agat Bay
Jul
Bear Rock
Jul
Gun Beach
Apr
Piti
May
 
India
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Jan
India
Mar
 
Réunion
Réunion
May, Nov, Dec
 
Myanmar
Myanmar
Mar, Dec
 
Taiwan
North East Coast
Jul
 
Vietnam
Nha Trang
May
 
Myanmar
Mergui Archipelago
Jan
 
Taiwan
Green Island
Oct
 
USA
Kohala, Hawaii
Nov
Maui, Hawaii
Mar
Oahu, Hawaii
Jun
 
Vietnam
Vietnam
Feb
 
Maldives
Maldives
May
South Male Atoll
Jan
 
Saudi Arabia
Jeddah
Jun
Saudi Arabia
May
 
Brunei Darussalam
Brunei Darussalam
Jan
 
Cambodia
Koh Rong
Dec
 
French Polynesia
Tahiti
Jan
 
Kiribati
Phoenix Island
Dec
 
Mozambique
Inhambane
May
 
Palau
Palau
Jan
 
Singapore
Singapore
Dec
 
Sri Lanka
Hikkaduwa
Feb
 
Sudan
Sudan
Dec

Sample Photos of Pteraeolidia ianthina

Photo by Ken Tucker in Raja Ampat, Indonesia
Photo by Ken Tucker in Ambon, Indonesia
Photo by Phil Garner in Fiji
Photo by Chris Cunnold in Busselton, Australia