Dr. Alicia Hermosillo McKowen, USA
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Phyllidia varicosa Lamarck, 1801
Its basic colours are black, blue-grey and yellow. The rhinophores and rhinotubercules are yellow.There are three to five, longitudinal, blue-grey to pale grey ridges ( broken or continuous) joining the tubercles capped in yellow.
A central ridge is always present. Towards the margins of the notum there are usually, short, transverse ridges.The foot sole possesses a black longitudinal foot stripe.
Known throughout the Indo-West Pacific Oceans including the central Pacific and the Red Sea.
This species feeds exclusively on sponges.
Similar to Phyllidia alyta and the juvenile sea cucumber Pearsonothuria graeffei.
Synonyms:
Phyllidia arabica Ehrenberg, 1831
Phyllidia borbonica Cuvier, 1804
Phyllidia fasciolata Bergh, 1869
Phyllidia honloni Risbec, 1956
Phyllidia quinquelineata Blainville, 1816
Phyllidia trilineata Cuvier, 1804
Its basic colours are black, blue-grey and yellow. The rhinophores and rhinotubercules are yellow.There are three to five, longitudinal, blue-grey to pale grey ridges ( broken or continuous) joining the tubercles capped in yellow.
A central ridge is always present. Towards the margins of the notum there are usually, short, transverse ridges.The foot sole possesses a black longitudinal foot stripe.
Known throughout the Indo-West Pacific Oceans including the central Pacific and the Red Sea.
This species feeds exclusively on sponges.
Similar to Phyllidia alyta and the juvenile sea cucumber Pearsonothuria graeffei.
Synonyms:
Phyllidia arabica Ehrenberg, 1831
Phyllidia borbonica Cuvier, 1804
Phyllidia fasciolata Bergh, 1869
Phyllidia honloni Risbec, 1956
Phyllidia quinquelineata Blainville, 1816
Phyllidia trilineata Cuvier, 1804
