PHYLLIDIA BABAI Phyllidia babai
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This species is similar to Phyllidia ocellata and P. willani, but it has minute, scattered opaque white spots on the body, black rings at the base of some tubercles and a pale yellow marginal border. Like most species of phyllidilis it produces a pungent noxious chemical that is toxic to fish and crustacean predators.
Length 65 mm


Frequency of sightings:
Common
Best time of year:
All year round
Taxonomical order of this critter:
Invertebrate
Mollusks
Gastropod
Nudibranch
- Banana nudibranch
- Bornella anguilla
- Ceratosoma cornigerum
- Ceratosoma miamiranum
- Ceratosoma sinuatum
- Chromodoris albonares
- Chromodoris annae
- Chromodoris coi
- Chromodoris dianae
- Chromodoris elisabethina
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