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Species profile

Blue-margin Headshield Slug

Philinopsis speciosa

Identified using iNaturalist WoRMS.

5
Media items
Photos and videos
4
Dives
Distinct encounters
4
Locations
1 trip
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Archive ecology

Conditions where we found it

SNAP observations, not the species’ full biological range.

Depth evidence
6.7–7.9m
Median 7.3m · n=2
Water temperature
25.0–28.0°C
Median 26.5°C · n=2

Depth basis: 0 recorded, 0 profile-estimated, 2 contextual.

An early signal

2 environment-linked observations are available so far. More encounters will show whether a repeatable pattern emerges.

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Indicative archive pattern · 5 observations / 4 dives

Calendar-quarter observations

Jan–Mar1
Apr–Jun1
Jul–Sep3

Camera-clock comparison

Morning · 2Night · 3
  • • These distributions describe photographs in SNAP, not a species’ complete biological range.
  • • No direct or profile-estimated depths are available yet.
  • • Time-of-day groups use the camera clock and are not corrected for sunrise, sunset, or timezone.
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Creature trail

A life through time and place

4 encounters

  1. #4 · Jul 15, 2026

    BoiBoiWaga Island

    Tawali, PNG · Asia 2026

    7.9m · Dive-average context25.0°C

  2. #3 · May 21, 2026

    Montani

    Puerto Galera · Asia 2026

    6.7m · Dive-average context28.0°C

  3. #2 · Mar 7, 2025

    Blairgowrie Marina

    Blairgowrie Marina

  4. #1 · Sep 29, 2023

    Rye Pier

    Rye Pier

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Field notes

Encounter profile

Identified using iNaturalist WoRMS.

Philinopsis speciosa - Philiopsis is a genus of often colorful, medium-sized sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks. These are not; instead they are headshield slugs, in the clade Cephalaspidea.

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Life found nearby

Species photographed on the same dives come first, followed by close taxonomic neighbours.

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Short-tailed Ceratosoma2 shared dives
Short-tailed Ceratosoma
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Rye Pier
Banded tube anemone1 shared dive
Banded tube anemone
Pachycerianthus delwynae
Puerto Galera
Bigbelly Seahorse1 shared dive
Bigbelly Seahorse
Hippocampus abdominalis
Rye Pier
Blue-eyed Hermit Crab1 shared dive
Blue-eyed Hermit Crab
Dardanus scutellatus
Tawali, PNG
Bumpy Mexichromis1 shared dive
Bumpy Mexichromis
Mexichromis multituberculata
Puerto Galera
Chelidonura electra1 shared dive
Chelidonura electra
Tawali, PNG

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Asia 2026
Tawali, PNG / Jul 15, 2026 / 2 records
Blairgowrie Marina
Blairgowrie Marina / Mar 7, 2025
Rye Pier
Rye Pier / Sep 29, 2023 / 2 records