Phyllidiella striata

Phyllidiella striata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea

Superfamily: Phyllidioidea
Family: Phyllidiidae
Genus: Phyllidiella
Species: P. striata
Binomial name
Phyllidiella striata
(Bergh, 1889)[1]
Synonyms

Phyllidiopsis striata Bergh, 1889

Phyllidiella striata is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from the Philippines. This name is often erroneously used for Phyllidiopsis xishaensis.

Description

This nudibranch has a black dorsum with longitudinal grey-pink ridges. These ridges are tuberculate and somewhat broken. They form a circle behind the anus and a patch between the rhinophores. The rhinophores are black.[3]

Diet

This species feeds on a sponge.

References

  1. Bergh, L.S.R., (1889). Malacologische Untersuchungen. In: Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen von Dr. Carl Gottfried Semper. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 2, Theil 3, Heft 16, 2 Hälfte, pp. 815-872, pls. 82-84.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Phyllidiella striata (Bergh, 1889). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-11-05.
  3. Yonow N., Anderson R.C., Buttress S.G. (2002) Opisthobranch molluscs from the Chagos Archipelago, Central Indian Ocean. Journal of Natural History 36: 831–882. doi: 10.1080/00222930110039161
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