Black-rayed phyllidia
Phyllidia picta
- Usual depth6–20 m
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsApril, May, and August
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Phyllidia picta is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Phyllidia picta”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 77 records
- February: 97 records
- March: 134 records
- April: 150 records
- May: 139 records
- June: 129 records
- July: 123 records
- August: 145 records
- September: 132 records
- October: 98 records
- November: 99 records
- December: 94 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 6–20 m · Deepest record: 30 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Photos
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Tine Kinn Kvamme, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Black-rayed phyllidia, Painted phyllidia, black-rayed phyllidia, painted phyllidia
Names in 6 more languages
- German
- Blaue Warzenschnecke
- French
- Phyllidie peinte
- Japanese
- フリエリイボウミウシ
- Korean
- 반달혹갯민숭이
- Thai
- ทากเปลือยปุ่มคาดสีดำ
- Simplified Chinese
- 多彩葉海蛞蝓（飛機葉海蛞蝓、月藍葉海蛞蝓）, 月藍葉海蛞蝓, 油彩葉海蛞蝓, 飛機葉海牛, 飛機葉海麒麟
Other scientific names: Fryeria menindie, Fryeria picta, Phyllidia menindie
Similar species
Heavenly Wart SlugPhyllidia coelestis
Elegant PhyllidiaPhyllidia elegans
Ocellated Wart SlugPhyllidia ocellata
Variable Wart SlugPhyllidia varicosa
Polkadot NudibranchPhyllidia polkadotsa
- Baba's Phyllidia
Phyllidia babai
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 456 open-data records from 1981 to 2026.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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