Florent's Guide To The

Hawaii Reefs

Pimpled Phyllidiella
Phyllidiella pustulosa
Pimpled Phyllidiella
Category: Dorid Nudibranchs
Scientific Name: Phyllidiella pustulosa
Size: Up to 2.75 in. (7 cm)  
Depth: 10-140 ft. (3-43 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii
Mollusca (Phylum)
└Gastropoda (Class)
 └Heterobranchia (Subclass)
  └Euthyneura (Infraclass)
   └Nudipleura (Superorder)
    └Doridida (Order)
     └Doridoidei (Infraorder)
      └Phyllidioidea (Superfamily)
       └Phyllidiidae (Family)
        └Phyllidiella (Genus)
         └P. pustulosa (Species)

Sea Slugs
Dorid Nudibranchs

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

Spanish Dancer

Gold-Lace Nudibranch

Fellow's Nudibranch

Polka Dot Phyllidia

Swollen Phyllidia



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