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Identified using iNaturalist, WoRMS.
Phyllidiopsis shireenae - Phyllidiopsis - A marine genus.
Species profile
Shireen's Phyllidiopsis
Phyllidiopsis shireenae
Identified using iNaturalist, WoRMS.
3
Media items
Photos and videos
3
Dives
Distinct encounters
2
Locations
1 trip
Photographic identification review
1/3 exact media auditedReviewed image hypothesis
Phyllidiopsis shireenae
Probable assessment across 1 exact media item. The archive is currently filed as Phyllidiopsis shireenae; a reviewed hypothesis is evidence, not a silent relabelling.
Archive ecology
Conditions where we found it
SNAP observations, not the species’ full biological range.
- Depth evidence
- 0.0–6.9m
- Median 6.2m · n=3
- Water temperature
- 25.0–27.0°C
- Median 25.0°C · n=3
Depth basis: 0 recorded, 3 profile-estimated.
Consistent water window
3 observations with dive temperature sit within 25.0–27.0°C.
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Indicative archive pattern · 3 observations / 3 dives
Observed depth distributionmiddle 50%: 3.1–6.6m
Camera-clock comparison
Morning · 1Night · 2
- • These distributions describe photographs in SNAP, not a species’ complete biological range.
- • Depth distributions use recorded or capture-time profile estimates; dive-average and maximum context is excluded.
- • Time-of-day groups use the camera clock and are not corrected for sunrise, sunset, or timezone.
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Identification audit
Audit history for photographed encounters
1 assessment across 1 exact media item. Each records who reviewed the image, when, what they concluded, and why. These assessments remain separate from iNaturalist computer vision and from the current canonical Gallery label.
IMG_7748.jpgProbableTawali, PNG · Jul 17, 2026 · One assessment
Current archive label: Phyllidiopsis shireenae
Latest audit record
Conclusion: Phyllidiopsis shireenae
Reviewed by Codex identification research on Aug 27, 2026 · 95% reviewer confidence.
Reasoning recorded at review
- Elongate, high-bodied animal with one continuous raised mid-dorsal crest
- Very pale pink to white dorsal ground
- Broad black band encircles the raised central region
- Anterior, posterior and lateral black lines radiate from the encircling band toward the mantle edge
- Numerous small rounded mantle-skirt tubercles and sparser larger simple-to-angular tubercles over the crest
- The complete visible combination agrees with the published Phyllidiopsis shireenae accounts
Alternatives considered
- Phyllidiopsis krempfi / P. pipeki / P. fissurata
Why plausible: Pink-and-black congeners with prominent tubercles
Comparison: They are expected to have compound or multi-compound tubercles and black-and-pink rhinophores; a clear rhinophore view would strengthen exclusion
- Phyllidiopsis gemmata
Why plausible: Pale ridged congener
Comparison: It is expected to show three tuberculate ridges and black rhinophores rather than one tall continuous median crest
Evidence limits & sources +−
- • Pale salmon-pink rhinophores are not genuinely visible in this frame
- • Ventral white foot and oral tentacles, plus the reported ventral black band, are not visible
- • No specimen-level internal anatomical or molecular evidence
Foundational Phyllidiidae revision ↗Primary paper · Brunckhorst 1993 · Phyllidiopsis shireenae account, pp. 66–67 and Plate 8BPapua New Guinea specimen redescription ↗Primary paper · Domínguez, Quintas & Troncoso 2007 · Phyllidiopsis shireenae account and Fig. 7Integrative Phyllidiidae context ↗Primary paper · Papu et al. 2022 · Phyllidiopsis clade and comparative external characters
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