This species has been observed on Reunion, Mayotte, Mauritius, Madagascar and Seychelles Islands
Other variants of Phyllidia ocellata :
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Florence Trentin Variant 2 : The 8 to 10 black areas, bordered with white aren't coalescent. Reunion, |
Olivier Aubrespine Reunion, Saint Pierre lagoon, 29 April 2003, size 20-30 mm. Variant 3 : The 8 to 10 black areas are included in a large white coalescent area. The black areas aren't coalescent |
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Emmanuel Eby Reunion, Saint Leu, 24 March 2004 Variant 4 : The 8 to 10 black rings (each with a central white and yellow tubercle), bordered with white aren't coalescent. |
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Florence Trentin Reunion, Saint Leu, 11 May 2004 Variant 5 : The 8 to 10 black rings (each with a central white and yellow tubercle) are included in a large white coalescent area. The black rings (each with a central white and yellow tubercle) aren't coalescent. |
Erwan Meyer Reunion, Saint Leu, 27 August 2005
Variant 6 : The 8 to 10 black rings (each with a central white and yellow tubercle) taking shape of a partial black coalescent area bordered with white. |
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Alain-Benoît Rassat Madagascar, Nosy Bé, Plateau des arches, 17 m, 21 April 2012, size : 50 mm
Variant 7 : The tubercules are yellow and surrounded by a white border. The rest of the mantle is black Le tubercules sont de couleur jaune et entouré d'une bordure blanche . Le reste du manteau est noir |
Alain-Benoît Rassat Madagascar, Nosy Bé, 20 m, 1 May 2012,
Variant 8 :
Tubercles yellow, some of them are surrounded by a small ring white and black. In fact a variant 4 with a few white and black marking. |
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Alain-Benoît Rassat Madagascar, Nosy Bé,15 m, size : 40 mm
Variant 9 : The tubercles are orange, the notum is blue with large black longitudinal and transverse spots |
See more about : Sightening and mating periods
See more about : Phyllidia ocellata in association with Brittle star
See more about : Phyllidia ocellata variability in Southwest Indian ocean
Remarks :
Identification confirmed by Bill Rudman
- Phyllidia baccata Pruvol-Fol, 1957 - Phyllidia tuberculata Baba, 1930
- Phyllidia japonica Baba, 1937 - Phyllidiopsis carinata , Eliot, 1910
- Phyllidia ocellata undula Yonow, 1986
Bibliographic data :
Material examined by David J.Brunckhorst ( see references/publications).
Other external morphology characteristics
Similar species
References :
Bill Rudman Seaslug site : Sea Slug Forum : Phyllidia ocellata
Publications :
Other photos of Phyllidia ocellata :
Alain-Benoît Rassat Madagascar, Nosy Bé, Pterois, 15 m, 14 September 2013 : size 20 mm for the smaller.
Mating between two different pattern variant 1 and variant 8 |
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Florence Trentin Reunion, 13 April 2008 Mating between two different pattern variant 3 and variant 1 |
Maurice Jay Reunion, Cap La Houssaye, 10-20 m. |
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Emmanuel Eby Variant 1 Reunion, Saint Leu, 11 May 2004 |
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Florence Trentin Variant 1 Reunion, Saint Leu The black areas aren't completely coalescent. |
Sandrine Flodrops Reunion, "Sec Jaune" at Saint Leu, 15m, 3 November 2008, size : 30 and 45 mm This seaslug has been reported feeding on the orange sponge Higginsia massalis by Dave Brunckhorst (1993) so it could be this species... Variant 4 |
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Raphaël Roland Gosselin
Reunion, Les kiosques, Saint Leu, 31 October 2008.
Variant 2 : Absence of large tubercles and presence in middle position of "three ridges " formed by small tubercles A strange specimen...
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Matthias Deuss Mayotte, Banc du Boa, Ilots Choizil, 20 m, 2 September 2009, size : 25 mm .Partial Variant 6 : The 8 to 10 black rings (each with a central white and yellow tubercle) taking shape of a partial black coalescent area bordered with white. A very tuberculated specimen... |
More photos from Indian Ocean
See more about : Phyllidia ocellata in association with Brittle star
See more about : Phyllidia ocellata variability in Southwest Indian ocean
Reunion, two Phyllidia ocellata variant 2 (mating), at Saint Pierre, by Olivier Aubrespin
Reunion, P. ocellata var 4 with numerous small black and white spots, at Saint Leu, by Philibert Bidgrain
Mauritius Island, P. ocellata var 1 without completely coalescent black area, at Recif corsaire, by M. Bayon
Mauritius, Phyllidia ocellata variant 4, at Grand Baie, by Mathieu Bayon
Reunion, P. ocellata var 1 with posterior bilateral coalescence, at Saint Gilles, by Fabien Michenet
Mauritius, Phyllidia ocellata variant 4, at Mahebourg, by David Caron
Mauritius, P. ocellata var 4-5 with numerous black and white spots, at Pereybere, by M. Poddubetskaia
Mauritius, Phyllidia ocellata variant 2 with some black area, at Pereybere , by Marina Poddubetskaia
Reunion, Phyllidia ocellata variant 3 with anterior bilateral coalescence, at Saint Leu, by Florence Trentin
Reunion, Phyllidia ocellata variant 1 with middle bilateral coalescence, at Saint Leu, by Hugues Flodrops
Reunion, Phyllidia ocellata variant 4 with white tiped tubercle, at Saint Leu, by Guillaume Boeye
Reunion, P. ocellata var 1 with large posterior bilateral coalescence, at Saint Leu, by Sophie Darnis
Reunion, heavy bkack coloration in Phyllidia ocellata variant 1, at Saint Gilles, by Alain Martinat
Reunion, symmetric front dorsal view of P. ocellata variant 1, at Saint Paul, by Sebastien Flouvat
Reunion, P. ocellata var 4-5 with numerous black and white spots, at Saint Gilles, by Sophie Darnis
Reunion, Phyllidia ocellata variant 4 with white tiped tubercles, at Saint Leu, by Jean Louis Fabry
Mayotte, Phyllidia ocellata variant 4, at Passe en S, by Matthias Deuss
Reunion, Phyllidia ocellata var 1 with invasive black area, at Etang salé, by Raphaël Roland Gosselin
Reunion, Phyllidia ocellata partial variant 1, at Saint Paul, by Jean-Marc Ferrand
Seychelles, Phyllidia ocellata variant 2, at Mahé, by Christophe Mason-Parker
Reunion, mating between variant 2 and 3 of Phyllidia ocellata, at Saint Gilles, by Nathalie Rodrigues