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Phyllidia elegans
Phyllidia elegans is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae. This animal can be distinguished by a pale-colored foot having a single median longitudinal black line on the sole, a light pink dorsal tubercles commonly tipped in yellow, and black lines on the lateral margins of the sole.
This species has been found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Andaman Sea, Myanmar, the Red Sea, the Mariana Islands, north Sulawesi, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.
Spotted on Oct 8, 2012
Submitted on Dec 24, 2012
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