Phyllidiella pustulosa

Jon Chamberlain Last one from this season on Hoga! It looks very much like a Phyllidiella pustulosa, which was very common, but the compound pustules look very spiky more like Phyllidiella cooraburrama. 10m deep, Hoga, Wakatobi, Indonesia. Suggestions?

Marli Wakeling Phyllidiella pustulosa.

Christopher Thorn Houbihou Flower garden, Taiwan. 5 m. 40 mm. Mimic of Phyllidiella pustulosa?

Gary Cobb This is a flatworm called Pseudoceros imitatus and yes it is a mimic.

Christopher Thorn Thanks for the quick identification Gary, I found an interesting link to it here http://oceana.org/en/explore/marine-wildlife/imitating-flatworm.

Christopher Thorn Ding Bai Sha, Taiwan. 8 m. 20 mm. Is this Phyllidiella pustulosa???

Blogie Robillo Looks like it to me.

Christopher Thorn Cheers Blogie, amazing variation these guys seem to show as they mature!

Gary Cobb Yes this is Phyllidiella pustulosa and is having a big poop!

Amir Abramovich Ice cream ? Red Sea. Eilat. CsnonS110 +10 diopter F8 iso80 1/250 Visit my UWP page: www.facebook.com/amirunderwaterphotographypage.

Ron Silver Phyllidiella pustulosa

Greg Kearney Nice!

Amir Abramovich Thanks Greg :)

Yutaka Takizawa Very nice shot....(^.^)

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Ron Silver Phyllidiella pustulosa

Penn Dls ID please? Found this nudi while a wrasse was trying to nibble it, then the nudi started to emit those smoke-like stuff from its body and scared the wrasse away. Found at about 10m @Lembeh.

Jon Chamberlain Phyllidiella pustulosa most likely I would say, although a difficult angle to see the mantle edge and no rhinophores visible (not surprising if a fish is harrassing it). The "smoke" is the anti-feed compounds stored in the white pustules that the nudi gets from the sponges it eats. Did it land on that coral or did the fish drop it there? Reminds me of the "snail on a razor" scene from Bladerunner.

Penn Dls It fell on the coral as it was harassed by the fish.

Gary Cobb Nice comment Jon.

Faiz Hanapiah Nudi, Tulai Island Canon S100, INON S2000, f/3.5, 1/800, ISO 80

Ron Silver Phyllidiella pustulosa

Faiz Hanapiah tq.. :)

Jon Chamberlain Last one from this season on Hoga! It looks very much like a Phyllidiella pustulosa, which was very common, but the compound pustules look very spiky more like Phyllidiella cooraburrama. 10m deep, Hoga, Wakatobi, Indonesia. Suggestions?

Marli Wakeling Phyllidiella pustulosa.

Sean Sydnor Could someone id these nudis for me? I shot them when in Anilao.

Rahul Meh-unpronouncable Bottom right is phyllidiella pustulosa i think?

Christopher Thorn One Phyllidia or 3? Coron, 25 m, 30 mm.

Gary Cobb Because you can't see the rhinophores or the foot sole it will be difficult to place a name on this animal. My guess is Phyllidia elegans or Phyllidiella pustulosa and there is only one animal in this photo.

Gary Cobb There appears to be multicompound tubercles which means this could be Phyllidiopsis krempfi.

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Lori Baron WOW!!!

Monica Salum Delicious...

Marcel Alveri Adis 1 like this , please

Ron Silver Phyllidiella pustulosa

Giorgio Cavallaro (Y)

Amir Abramovich Thanks friends :)

Claude Joassin Beautiful picture. Form me lemon with chocolat. ;-)

Giorgio Cavallaro (y)

Eric Banzon Noora Similar to Blogie's ID request, is this a P. granulata or P. pustulosa?

Gary Cobb Phyllidiella pustulosa

Eric Banzon Noora Thanks Gary Cobb :-)

Franca Wermuth-Vezzoli I thought the ones with the x on the backs are Phyllidiella lizae?

Geoffrey Van Damme PALAU

Ashley Missen Phyllidiella nigra - was this found in Shallow water

Geoffrey Van Damme yes Ash on a kayaking/snorkeling trip ,one metre depth.

Ashley Missen then Yes it is a Phyllidiella nigra as they are a shallow water species will more rounded pustules then Phyllidiella pustulosa - Cheers Ash

Geoffrey Van Damme ok mate cool

Ashley Missen Nice Photo by the way - Should send you all your sghting info and photo in to data@nudibase.com and I will add to the database

Geoffrey Van Damme Ok mate i,ll try again

Ashley Missen Thank you - it really help the database grow

Christopher Thorn Ding Bai Sha, Taiwan. 8 m. 20 mm. Is this Phyllidiella pustulosa???

Blogie Robillo Looks like it to me.

Christopher Thorn Cheers Blogie, amazing variation these guys seem to show as they mature!

Gary Cobb Yes this is Phyllidiella pustulosa and is having a big poop!

Christopher Thorn Please help I can't decide if this is P. pustulosa or maybe P.granulata? Or perhaps something else? Thanks !

Christopher Thorn Flower garden, Kending, Taiwan. 12 m. 40 mm.

Jeff Rosenfeld Phyllidiella pustulosa (Cuvier, 1804)

Christopher Thorn Thank you Jeff.

Christopher Thorn Ding Bai Sha, Taiwan. 31/3/12. 10 m depth. Approx 30 mm length.

Blogie Robillo Is this Phyllidiella rudmani?

Christopher Thorn Blogie Robillo, how can you distinguish between this and Paradoris liturata?

Blogie Robillo Hi Christopher. I'm not an expert, and I'm not sure about the species above. However, your species (P. liturata) has gills while the one here does not seem to have any...

Christopher Thorn Phyllidiella pustulosa?

揭維邦 Phyllidiopsis krempfi, Looking closer at her rhinophores, you'll find black color on back, and pink color lower half in front.

Christopher Thorn Yes, i'm inclined to agree. Thanks for your input 揭維邦! Are you in Taiwan?

揭維邦 Yes, I'm Taiwanese.

Christopher Thorn cool, I mainly dive around the south coast, how about you?

Gary Cobb Pop Quiz - see photo and answer question.

Antje Strohkendl puhhh, very difficult ...

Patryk Uram nr 5 phyllidiella pustulosa nr 8 phyllidiella lizae

Gary Cobb please say for example...1234 lizae, 5678 pustulosa

Patryk Uram ok i make mistake in first coment! i think Phyllidiella pustulosa is 1246 Phyllidiella lizae 3578 ?

Gary Cobb Well done Patryk! You are correct. The 'X's are the clue and mark Phyllidiella lizae has.

Andrew Bozoki Todays Dive North Male Atoll, Maldives

Stuart Pearce Very nice shot :)

Marie-therese Bertin très beau!!!

Greotti Cesare This is: Phyllidia pustulosa ;)

Tom Hobock Sehr Schöne

Andrew Bozoki Danke

Ron Silver More appropriately known as Phyllidiella pustulosa

Gary Cobb 26 species found at Northwest Reef OWI, 08-04-2013, rainy overcast some sun day, surge, 4m vis, 24C water temp. 1st dive/2nd dive. *most species found this outing Aeolidiella alba /2 Ardeadoris aff. averni /1 Bornella anguilla /1 Chromodoris splendida (AU) 1/4 Dermatobranchus cf. primus 1 Dermatobranchus rodmani /1 *Doriprismatica atromarginata 5/5 Flabellina bicolor 1 Glossodoris vespa (AU) 2 Goniobranchus albonares /1 Goniobranchus cf. reticulatus /1 Halgerda albocristata 1 Halgerda aurantiomaculata /1 Halgerda cf. willeyi 1 Hypselodoris jacksoni /3 Hypselodoris obscura (AU) 2/1 Hypselodoris tryoni Phestilla sp. 1 Phyllidia elegans /2 Phyllidiella lizae 1/4 Phyllidiella pustulosa 1/1 Platydoris formosa 1 Protaeolidiella juliae /3 Thuridilla splendens 1 Trinchesia ornata 1 Tritoniopsis alba 1/2

Gary Cobb Species list from our 2 dives 29-03-2013 23 Species found at Ridges, Caloundra. Perfect no wind surface conditions, a bit a swell running, some surge, 26C water temp, 5m viz. 1st dive/2nd dive. *most species found this outing. Chromodoris splendida (AU) /4 Dermatobranchus cf. primus 1/1 Dermatobranchus ornatus 3/4 Doriprismatica atromarginata 1/1 Doto sp.1 /4 Flabellina rubrolineata 1/1 Glossodoris vespa (AU) 1/1 Hexabranchus sanguineus /1 Hypselodoris aff. maculosa 1 Hypselodoris jacksoni 3/2 *Hypselodoris obscura (AU) 6/6 Hypselodoris sagamiensis 1 Hypselodoris tryoni 2 Phyllidia coelestis 1 Phyllidia ocellata 1/1 Phyllidia varicosa 3 Phyllidiella lizae 2 Phyllidiella pustulosa 2 Phyllodesmium magnum 1/1 Pleurobranchus peronii /1 Pteraeolidia ianthina 1 Sagaminopteron ornatum 1/2 Trinchesia sibogae 5/3

Gary Cobb Photos and species list from our 2 dives yesterday. 38 Species found at Flinders Reef Moreton Island, 10m viz, beautiful diving day, no swell and no surge, 25C water temp. 1st dive/2nd dive. *most species found this outing. Aegires flores 1 Ardeadoris pullata /1 *Chromodoris elisabethina 2/8 Chromodoris kuiteri 1/1 Chromodoris lochi /1 Costasiella kuroshimae Cratena cf. affinis 1 Cratena simba 2 Dermatobranchus cf. primus /1 Dermatobranchus rodmani /2 Elysia cf. furvacauda /1 Found at 1m on the mooring rope! Flabellina bicolor 1 Flabellina sp. 1 5 Found at 5m on the mooring rope! Glossodoris cincta 1 Goniobranchus geometricus 1 Halgerda cf. willeyi 1 Halgerda sp. 1 1 Our 540th species! I have never seen this species, ever. Hypselodoris godeffroyana /1 Hypselodoris maculosa 1 Jorunna sp. 3 /1 Marianina rosea /1 Micromelo undata /1 Noumea simplex /1 Phyllidia elegans 1 Phyllidia ocellata 1 Phyllidia picta 1 Phyllidiella lizae /2 Phyllidiella pustulosa 1/2 Protaeolidiella juliae /2 Thorunna daniellae 1 Thuridilla carlsoni 7/1 Thuridilla gracilis 1/1 Thuridilla neona 1 Thuridilla splendens 1 Trinchesia ornata 1/4 Trinchesia ornata 3/2 Trinchesia sp. 16 /1 Our 539th species! Trinchesia sp. 6 /1

Gary Cobb Correction: Halgerda sp. 2 is correct.

Eric Banzon Noora Appreciate help on Phyllidiella ID of these 2 nudis. Thanks :-)

Blogie Robillo The one on the right is most likely P. pustulosa -- I have a similar one that I thought might be something else, but was told otherwise. The one on the left... P. granulata or P. lizae?

Gary Cobb These both look like Phyllidiella pustulosa but it would be nice and sometimes vital to ID them, to know where the Nudibranchs came from and their size.

Eric Banzon Noora Sorry for the lack of info Gary Cobb. Both are from Anilao in the Philippines. The one on the left is about 50mm while the one on the right is about 76mm.

Erwin Koehler The left species might be Phyllidiopsis fissurata or possibly Phyllidiopsis krempfi both of them can be identified by the rhinophores: pink on anterior face and around base, black on apex and posterior face...I need a lateral view!

Eric Banzon Noora Thanks Erwin Koehler. Unfortunately wasn't able to get lateral pictures. Next time I spot one of these will make sure to get some. However, checked the pics again and a close-up of the rhinophores would suggest a dual color nature. Will post them and see if they would be of help. Cheers!

Eric Banzon Noora Hi Erwin Koehler. Here are some links to the close-ups. Hope they help :-) http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151004725304157&set=a.10150837649934157.401597.682219156&type=3&theater http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151004725464157&set=a.10150837649934157.401597.682219156&type=3&theater

Gary Cobb After seeing this close up I would agree with Erwin this looks like Phyllidiopsis fissurata. I can see at the bottom of the photo a very compound pustule. Like pustules on a stalk!

Gary Cobb And you can see the pink on the front of the rhinophores.

Eric Banzon Noora Thanks Gary Cobb! cheers :-)

Gary Cobb You're quite welcome!

Eric Banzon Noora Seems I would have to revisit my Phyllidiella spottings and see if they might be a different species altogether. And next time, would try to get more angles and close-ups. Problem sometimes is that they are in a very unyielding position that it would be quite impossible to get other angles. In these instances would it be ok to get them and stage a better photo op? Have always tried to capture them as is where is. Case in point (and oh would appreciate an ID as well - not sure if it is a P. granulata) - : http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150350097849157&set=a.10150350093644157.347156.682219156&type=3&theater

Erwin Koehler Now, since I had to stop diving many years ago I like to tell: I took the first shot exactly how I found the animal, because it is often found on its food source and for many species is there a still a big question mark! Then I tried to find a nice place for me (and my fins!), -almost always a rock in the sand- placed the animal there and took pics from different angles, some nice ones for ID, some nice looking ones for the brancher community, then I tried to bring the sea slug back to the place where I found it. Ps for many species IDs is it good to have a ventral picture so you must turn the specimen upside down...for example: some Phyllidiids have a median black line at the foot-sole, others not, easy to distinguish, or some species of Platydoris have distinct spots at the underside of the mantle.. I know many divers will not like to read this, but I also collected and preserved many specimens, several specimens of Phyllodesmium koehleri and many other "solar powered" sea slugs for the research of Ingo Burghardt on zooxanthellae, who gave it my name "koehleri" as a 'thank you' for my work. here is how I know the sizes of the animals: http://www.medslugs.de/E/Pac-W/Pleurobranchus_grandis_12.htm or here http://www.medslugs.de/E/Pac-W/Gymnodoris_aurita_05.htm

Eric Banzon Noora Thanks for the insights and tips Erwin. Who knows with these, maybe one of these days a slug can be named after me. Though not sure how nice that would sound lol. Btw any ideas on the ID of the last link I sent? P. granulata?

Gary Cobb We had a surgy couple of dives at Flinders Reef Moreton Island yesterday and found 26 species. Here is David Mullins, me and Jo posing at the surface interval in our new H1 Hybrid Waterproof drysuits, very warm aboard Mischief.

Gary Cobb Here the list of species we found: Berthellina citrina Chromodoris aspersa Chromodoris elisabethina Chromodoris lochi Cratena lineata Cratena simba Chromodoris burni Costasiella kuroshimae Doriprismatica atromarginata Elysia sp. 1 Goniobranchus collingwoodi Goniobranchus cf. verrieri Goniodoridella sp. 2 Hypselodoris whitei Plocamopherus imperialis Phyllidiopsis burni Phyllidiella pustulosa Phyllidiella lizae Risbecia godeffroyana Roboastra gracilis Thuridilla livida Thuridilla neona Thuridilla carlsoni Thuridilla gracilis Thuridilla splendens Trinchesia sp. 8

Patrik Good Congrats, good work. The variety of Thuridilla is exciting. With a few of the species I was not sure if they have just changed their names or if I just haven't come across them yet (eg. had to look Dori-S-prismatica atromarginata up).

Gary Cobb Sorry these suits are D1 species not H1!

Gary Cobb Patrik where did you find the spelling with an 's'? I had a re-look at the paper and it is spelled Doriprismatica, -> no 's'. Thanks! Yes we find quite a few Thuridilla at Flinders Reef.

Jim Anderson Your new suits are the business - I've been diving in one for 10 months, even down to 6 deg C. Not a problem your likely to have.

Gary Cobb Patrik the spelling of Doriprismatica is correct according to the paper.

Gary Cobb Hey Jim so you have a Di Hybrid?? Nice work. I love the suit!

Patrik Good Sorry Gary Cobb. Here the link I got it from: http://clade.ansp.org/obis/search.php/3587

Gary Cobb Patrik I think this site is old. It is saying Dorisprismatica is a synonym.

Gary Cobb I have written to Richard to get verification.

Ashley Missen Is there an email version coming out

Gary Cobb See thread above!

Gary Cobb 27 species actually!

Franca Wermuth-Vezzoli Does anybody know how this Phyllidiella pustulosa got these "black pustules" ?

Gary Cobb Yes you're ID is correct. I am pretty sure the blackish area is fish damage. Very rare because this species gives off the equivalent of hydrochloric acid!

Deb Aston Phyllidiella pustulosa? 40mm 8m deep Cook Island

Blogie Robillo I think this might be Phyllidiella lizae.

Gary Cobb Close one Deb...I would call it Phyllidiella lizae

Deb Aston Thanks Blogie and Gary

Blogie Robillo Could this be Phyllidiella granulata? or Phyllidiella pustulosa or something else? Length abt 3.5cm; depth 28m @ Coral Gardens.

Gary Cobb Without a doubt Phyllidiella pustulosa.

Blogie Robillo I see, thanks Gary. But, is it P. pustules or P. pustulosa?

Gary Cobb Spelling by the computer beat me to the close.

Blogie Robillo Haha! Ok :D

Gary Cobb I edited that right away please refresh.

Gary Cobb Auto spelling is a pain!!

Blogie Robillo Is this Phyllidiella pustulosa, Phyllidiella nigra, or something else? Depth 15.5m @ Hammerhead Alley, Samal Island; length abt 3.5cm; 24 June 2012.

Blogie Robillo From Ashley Missen - Phyllidiopsis burni. Can anyone confirm?

Ashley Missen Thanks for the Faith in my judgement Blogie

Gary Cobb Phyllidiopsis burni would be correct!

Orietta Rivolta Help ID please Location: Raja Ampat,West papua,Indonesia Size : 15mm Depht : 10m Temperature:30°

Orietta Rivolta Phyllidiella pustulosa ???

Jon Chamberlain I would say so

Gary Cobb I think so too!

Orietta Rivolta Respect Phyllidia,Phyllidiella,Phyllidiopsis are always insicure about ID :-(

Gary Cobb It's all about morphology Orietta!! You should get a copy of Phyllidiid-nudibranchs by Brunckhorst a brilliant piece of work. Let me know if you want a copy (PDF).

Orietta Rivolta Thanks Gary,I would like a copy to recognize them better :-)

Gary Cobb Email coming!

Blogie Robillo Is this Phyllidiopsis fissurata? Measured about 3cm long, and found it in 15m of water at Angel's Cove, Talikud Island, Philippines.

Gary Cobb With black rhinophores and compound pustule groups this has to be Phyllidiella pustulosa

Blogie Robillo Oh ok. I actually thought it wasn't P. pustulosa... Those Phyllidiella species are sure tricky!

João Pedro Silva for those who say the "blue chromodorids from the Atlantic" are tricky, I reply "I'm glad we only have one Phyllidiidae."

Blogie Robillo Gary Cobb - Aren't they mostly black? I mean, P. pustulosa.

Gary Cobb They sure are. Try the KEY on our website and see if that helps you. You will see there are some 'anatomical features' you will need to see. http://www.nudibranch.com.au/key/key1.html

Gary Cobb P. pustulosa can be variable and from pink to green to white! Try the key I prepared on our site.

Gary Cobb Hey Joao we have heaps to these Phyllidiids!! FUN!

Gary Cobb DID YOU KNOW! Phyllidiella pustulosa has a very sticky smell. Take one out of the water and rub it...then smell it...YUCK! (then put it back!)

Blogie Robillo Gary - I've seen P. pustulosa oozing with a sticky white substance...

Gary Cobb Don't eat it!

Blogie Robillo LOL!

Franca Wermuth-Vezzoli Dear nudibase users I plan to do a photo book with my nudibranch pictures, but with some Phyllididae I am not sure I did the right identification, so I copied them to my facebook album. If anybody has some time, could you check my identifications? I would appreciate comments there a lot. Thanks in advance http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151252973714669.511791.674329668&type=1&l=595f36235b

Franca Wermuth-Vezzoli I know they're lots of Phyllididae, but can maybe somebody check the Phyllidiella pustulosas and picture nr 64? Thanks for your help!

Gary Cobb Phyllidia babai

Erwin Koehler I don't know how to comment on a picture in this album, I checked most of them and wrote already a comment, also on Phyllidiopsis striata Bergh, 1889 which has gone to nowhere, I am already very(!) angry about facebook because of many other reasons, enough now! Zumindest auf dem LINK sind deutsche Kommentare, so sollte Datenschutz kein Fremdwort sein, fuer facebook schon! Ist ja auch eine US Firma!

Franca Wermuth-Vezzoli I'm sorry my album caused more anger for you! I don't really know what happened - the album should be "public" and therefore comments for the public should be possible. But I'm not sure if the comments are possible. Sorry for the trouble.

Blogie Robillo Could this be Phyllidiella granulata? or Phyllidiella pustulosa or something else? Length abt 3.5cm; depth 28m @ Coral Gardens.

Gary Cobb Without a doubt Phyllidiella pustulosa.

Blogie Robillo I see, thanks Gary. But, is it P. pustules or P. pustulosa?

Gary Cobb Spelling by the computer beat me to the close.

Blogie Robillo Haha! Ok :D

Gary Cobb I edited that right away please refresh.

Gary Cobb Auto spelling is a pain!!

Franca Wermuth-Vezzoli Mantigue Island, Philippines. I'm not sure about this: is it Phyllidiopsis pustulosa?

Gary Cobb The correct name would be Phyllidiella pustulosa (Cuvier, 1804)

Blogie Robillo Gnarly

Franca Wermuth-Vezzoli Yes, of course.. thanks a lot Gary. I was hoping it would be something else than Phyllidiella pustulosa ;-)

Gary Cobb You're welcome!

Franca Wermuth-Vezzoli another try, what nudi is this? Location: Romblon, Cabanbanan house reef

Blogie Robillo Whoa! Looks like a Phyllidiella pustulosa but with orange rhinophhores. Interesting!! How big was it?

Gary Cobb This is Phyllidia elegans Bergh, 1869 next time you find it see if there is a black line running up the centre of the foot.

Mactan Cebu Scuba ID please. Depth: 15m Mactan, Cebu, Philippines

Blogie Robillo Phyllidiella pustulosa, if I'm not mistaken.

Ashley Missen Phyllidiella cooraburrama, Brunckhorst, 1993 ---- Pustules are wrong for P. pustulosa

Blogie Robillo I see Ash. Thanks!

Blogie Robillo A species of Phyllidiella? Pls help with ID. Depth 5.5m; length abt 3.5cm; 13 May 2012.

Gary Cobb Phyllidiella pustulosa

Blogie Robillo Really, it's just P. pustulosa? Darn I thought I found another kind -- P. pustulosa is super common here, you see... :D

Alexander Niedermair Red Sea - Egypt

Gary Cobb I think this is Phyllidiella pustulosa (Cuvier, 1804)