Phanerophthalmus perpallidus Risbec, 1928
<10mm

These small cephalaspideans are relatively common exposed at night on the hard seaward reef at depths of at least 3 to 15m. These are also similar to descriptions of Phanerophthalmus lentigines. It may require anatomical or molecular data to confirm the ID.

Created 23 March 2017
Updated 13 December 2021

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