Florent's Guide To The

Hawaii Reefs

Polka Dot Phyllidia
Phyllidia polkadotsa
Polka Dot Phyllidia
Category: Dorid Nudibranchs
Scientific Name: Phyllidia polkadotsa
Size: Up to 1 in. (2.5 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii
Mollusca (Phylum)
└Gastropoda (Class)
 └Heterobranchia (Subclass)
  └Euthyneura (Infraclass)
   └Nudibranchia (Order)
    └Doridina (Suborder)
     └Phyllidiidae (Family)
      └Phyllidia (Genus)

Sea Slugs
Dorid Nudibranchs

Polka Dot Phyllidia

Swollen Phyllidia

Pimpled Phyllidiella

Pimpled Phyllidiella (Green Variation)

Rose Phyllidiella

Gloomy Tambja

Ardeadoris poliahu

Tom Smith's Nudibranch

Many-Lobed Ceratosoma

White-Margin Nudibranch

Goniobranchus sp. 1

Colorful Hypselodoris

Kahuna Nudibranch

Gold-Lace Nudibranch

Fellow's Nudibranch

Spanish Dancer



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