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It might be a strange yellowish-orange variant of Phyllidia willani or of Phyllidia sp. 3 in IPN at page 292, which differs by the opaque white granular appearance and by tranverse black lines or patches. Pretty similar are: Phyllidia ocellata which is very variable in colour, but has usually a yellow-orange ground colour of the mantle, and has large black rings, Phyllidia babai which has a white granular appearance and black rings. Phyllidia exquisita which has a pale bluish granular background colour, black swirls, and yellowish-orange pigment at the mantle margin Phyllidia willani which has a white granular appearance, and lacks orange pigment at the mantle margin I can't tell for sure how to distiguish the phyllidiids with the whitish granular appearance: Phyllidia babai, Phyllidia exquisita, Phyllidia willani, Phyllidia sp. 01 and Phyllidia sp. 3 in IPN at page 292. I guess they are variants of one species. Bill Rudman thinks Phyllidia babai, Phyllidia exquisita, and Phyllidia willani to be variants of the very variable Phyllidia ocellata. |
