Nudibranchs - Sunshine Coast etc. / G_0376a
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05-01-2011
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Phidiana sp. 1
Location: Lost Fin Reef, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Australia
Size: 10 mm
Depth: 17 m
Temperature: 26 C

ORDER: NUDIBRANCHIA
FAMILY: Facelinidae

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Photographs by Gary Cobb - Copyright 2003-2012

According to Richard Willan it might be P. bourailli, but there are a few differences...
- Only 2 flanges on the rhinophores (P. bourailli apparently always has 3)
- Those huge orange spots in front of the rhinophores (P. bourailli never has them, and its speckles are red)
- Opaque white spots on the rhinophores (P. bourailli generally has bands
- The depth you found it. (P. bourailli is only found intertidally).