Lembeh — 9 September 2025
- Location seen
- Lembeh, Indonesia
- Date seen
- 2025-09-09
Phyllidiopsis xishaensis
Striped Phyllidiopsis
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About this species
- Current scientific name
- Phyllidiopsis xishaensis
- Common name
- Striped Phyllidiopsis
- Previous names
- Phyllidiopsis striata
- Order
- Nudibranchia - Doridoidea (Dorids)
- Type
- Porostomata (Radula-less dorids)
- ID confidence
- Confirmed
- Genus
- Phyllidiopsis
- Species
- xishaensis
- Average size
- 20 mm
- Colours
- white, black, blue
- Pattern
- Stripes
- Body shape
- Oval
- Rhinophores
- Horizontal
- Gills
- Hidden
- Similar species
- Phyllidiopsis annae, Phyllidiopsis piphiensis
Geographic Distribution
Western and central Pacific Ocean.
Identification
Usually blue with pale yellow rhinophores - but may present as white. The retractable rhinophores are always light in colour - never black.
General Notes
This nudibranch has consistently been referred to as Phyllidiopsis striata but it has now been decided that this is a different animal. Very similar to annae and piphiensis. Distinguishable from annae on rhinophore colour (annae has black) and phiphiensis on number of stripes (phiphiensis has three).
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