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Phidiana militaris

(Alder & Hancock, 1864)


Sudhanshu Dixit Is this Phidiana militaris?

Rahul Meh-unpronouncable Id say so, looks like a typical individual

Vishal Bhave Yes it is Phidiana militaris. By Typical "Y" pattern on the head and other features

Chris Cunnold An interesting find today from Tulamben, Bali. Phidiana militaris found at 9 metres - 35mm long

Tine Kinn Kvamme Phidiana militaris on a fish cage. Koh Tao, Thailand

Luciana Belén Amazing!!

Tine Kinn Kvamme The beauty of a snail. Phidiana militaris. Koh Tao, Thailand. Canon G12 in Canon housing. Internal flash + torch.

Richard ten Brinke Very nice

Marius Van Drunen flabellina

Tine Kinn Kvamme Phidiana militaris, Facelinidae family, genus Cratena, Phidiana :)

Giorgio Cavallaro Uwp (y)

Elly Jeurissen Nice lighting Tine!

Tine Kinn Kvamme Thank you Elly :)

Hide Mariko Molynga i've never seen it. wanderful

Message posted on UWphotographers on 15 Jun 2013
Sudhanshu Dixit Is this Phidiana militaris?

Rahul Meh-unpronouncable Id say so, looks like a typical individual

Vishal Bhave Yes it is Phidiana militaris. By Typical "Y" pattern on the head and other features

Tine Kinn Kvamme The beauty of a snail. Phidiana militaris. Koh Tao, Thailand. Canon G12 in Canon housing. Internal flash + torch.

Richard ten Brinke Very nice

Marius Van Drunen flabellina

Tine Kinn Kvamme Phidiana militaris, Facelinidae family, genus Cratena, Phidiana :)

Giorgio Cavallaro Uwp (y)

Elly Jeurissen Nice lighting Tine!

Tine Kinn Kvamme Thank you Elly :)

Hide Mariko Molynga i've never seen it. wanderful

Message posted on UWphotographers on 15 Jun 2013
Stewart Clarke Phidiana militaris - East Coast UAE Olympus E-520 Oly 50mm + 1.4TC + Subsee +5 dioptre 1/100. F16, ISO 100 Oly UFL-2 Strobes

Message posted on Underwater Macro Photographers on 28 Jan 2012
Stewart Clarke

João Pedro Silva The larger one looks like a Janolus sp. but I've never none like this.

Stewart Clarke My thinking was some type of Janolus as well but can't find any similar

João Pedro Silva It has some similarities to J. eximius but that's restricted to New Zeland...

Stewart Clarke We are finding quite a few Nudis that are usually only found in far away places - we think the oil tankers bring them in via ballast water

João Pedro Silva Gary Cobb, have you seen this yet?

Gary Cobb Similar yes but I don't think this is J. eximius. And I have not seen this one! Janolus sp. for sure! Ballast from ships probably but if J. eximius is a direct developer I doubt it. You could call this one Janolus cf. eximius!

Vishal Bhave One species described from Okha, India as Janolus indicus , We have simillar looking species in Gulf of kutch, Gujarat (http://www.nudipixel.net/photo/00026370/location/gujarat/)

Stewart Clarke Vishal, thanks for this. We figured it out eventually with help from Gary and Nathalie Yonow

Patrik Good What's the smaller one?

Stewart Clarke Phidiana militaris

Taxonomy
Animalia (Kingdom)
  Mollusca (Phylum)
    Gastropoda (Class)
      Heterobranchia (Subclass)
        Opisthobranchia (Infraclass)
          Nudibranchia (Order)
            Dexiarchia (Suborder)
              Aeolidida (Infraorder)
                Aeolidioidea (Superfamily)
                  Facelinidae (Family)
                    Phidiana (Genus)
                      Phidiana militaris (Species)
Associated Species