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Varicose Phyllidia Nudibranch

Phyllidia varicosa

Description:

"Large species that can be distinguished by its relatively numerous (3-6), longitudinal, tuberculate notal ridges. The ridge and bases of the tubercles are blue-grey in colour. Tubercles are capped in yellow. The foot sole possesses a black longitudinal foot stripe." Source: http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/phylvar...

Notes:

Large at about 11 cm. Depth of about 5 m. Halo Resort house reef, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines

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3 Comments

Carol Snow Milne 2
Carol Snow Milne 2 11 years ago

Gorgeous blue!

Eric Noora
Eric Noora 11 years ago

Thanks Maria. :-)

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

A beauty!

Eric Noora
Spotted by
Eric Noora

Batangas, Philippines

Spotted on Nov 4, 2012
Submitted on Feb 23, 2013

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