''Phyllidia picta'' is a

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, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less

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in the family

Phyllidiidae Phyllidiidae is a family of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Phyllidioidea. This family is within the clade Doridacea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Distributi ...

.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2015)
''Phyllidia picta'' Pruvot-Fol, 1957.
In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-27.

Distribution

This species has been reported from

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, the

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, north-west

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and the western Pacific Ocean including

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, the

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and

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.Rudman, W.B., 2006 (July 14
''Fryeria picta'' (Pruvot-Fol, 1957).
n/nowiki> Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

Description

This nudibranch has a pattern of black on the dorsum interrupted by large yellow-capped tubercles surrounded by pale blue patches. The blue areas coalesce towards the edge of the mantle and the tubercles become smaller, the smallest without yellow caps. The rhinophores are yellow.

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