Anne's Phyllidiopsis

Phyllidiopsis annae

Nudibranchs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth10–20 m
Water temperature20–30 °C
Best monthsApril, September, and November
How commonRare

Photo credit: (c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Phyllidiopsis annae is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Phyllidiopsis annae”, 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: 23 records
February: 28 records
March: 32 records
April: 55 records
May: 45 records
June: 24 records
July: 41 records
August: 39 records
September: 64 records
October: 35 records
November: 46 records
December: 38 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 10–20 m · Deepest record: 60 m

0–10 m: 4 records
10–20 m: 39 records
20–30 m: 7 records
30–40 m: 2 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C

20–22 °C: 15 records
22–24 °C: 5 records
24–26 °C: 9 records
26–28 °C: 8 records
28–30 °C: 101 records

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) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
(c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Anne's Phyllidiopsis

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: アンナイボウミウシ
Simplified Chinese: 安娜擬葉海蛞蝓

Similar species

Striped Phyllidiopsis
Phyllidiopsis xishaensis
Krempf's Phyllidiopsis
Phyllidiopsis krempfi
Crested Wart Slug
Phyllidiopsis shireenae
Phyllidiopsis burni
Gorgeous Wart Slug
Phyllidiopsis cardinalis
Compound Wart Slug
Phyllidiopsis fissurata

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).
180 open-data records from 1989 to 2026.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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