Field notes
Encounter profile
Identified using iNaturalist, WoRMS.
Phyllidia elegans - Phyllidia typically have firm bodies with distinctive tubercles and bright warning coloration, often black with blue, yellow, or white patterns.
Species profile
Elegant Phyllidia
Phyllidia elegans
Identified using iNaturalist, WoRMS.
2
Media items
Photos and videos
2
Dives
Distinct encounters
1
Location
1 trip
Archive ecology
Conditions where we found it
SNAP observations, not the species’ full biological range.
- Depth evidence
- 9.2–12.1m
- Median 10.7m · n=2
- Water temperature
- 25.0–27.0°C
- Median 26.0°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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Early archive signal · 2 observations / 2 dives
Calendar-quarter observations
Jan–Mar1
Apr–Jun1
Camera-clock comparison
Morning · 1Night · 1
- • 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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