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Family Phyllidiidae

HAWAII

Phyllidiopsis loricata

Sharks Cove, Oahu, 20 feet

LORICATE PHYLLIDIA

First recorded from Hawaii in cave at Sharks Cove, Oahu, 2004.  Attains 1 inch.  Feeds on cream colored sponge Leiodermatium sp..  Black spots are not raised.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.