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Phyllidia willani
Phyllidia willani is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.
From the article Phyllidia willani on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
This nudibranch has a translucent mantle heavily spotted with opaque white. There are large yellow-capped tubercles in the middle of the back, becoming smaller and without yellow caps towards the edges of the mantle. There are two longitudinal black lines along the back which sometimes surround the tubercles and which may be broken.
Range & habitat
The holotype of this species was collected at Mactan Island, Philippines. Additional specimens from Madang, Papua New Guinea were included in the original description.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 469560.