Phyllidia elegans
| Phyllidia elegans | |
|---|---|
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| A live individual of Phyllidia elegant, head end towards the left | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Phyllidioidea |
| Family: | Phyllidiidae |
| Genus: | Phyllidia |
| Species: | P. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllidia elegans (Bergh, 1869) | |
Phyllidia elegans is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.[1]
Distribution
This species has been found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Andaman Sea, Myanmar, the Red Sea, the Mariana Islands, north Sulawesi, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.
Description
This animal can be distinguished by a pale-colored foot having a single median longitudinal black line on the sole, a light pink dorsal tubercles commonly tipped in yellow, and black lines on the lateral margins of the sole.[2]
References
- ↑ Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
- ↑ "Phyllidia elegans". Rfbolland.com. 1987-07-08. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
Further reading
- Brunckhorst, D.J. 1993. The Systematics and Phylogeny of Phyllidiid Nudibranchs (Doridoidea). Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia.
External links
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