Phyllidiopsis dautzenbergi

Phyllidiopsis dautzenbergi
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: Phyllidiopsis
Species: P. dautzenbergi
Binomial name
Phyllidiopsis dautzenbergi
(Vayssière, 1912)[1]
Synonyms

Phyllidia dautzenbergi Vayssière, 1912

Phyllidiopsis bayi is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.[2][3]

Distribution

This species was described from the Red Sea.[4] It is endemic to the southern Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.[5]

Description

This nudibranch has a translucent white dorsum with black lines creating a central ring with lines running off at right angles to the margin. At the margin they widen slightly, giving the appearance of cut-off circular patches of white. It is a small Phyllidiid, growing to 20 mm in length.[4]

Diet

This species feeds on a sponge.

References

  1. ↑ Vayssière, A., (1912). Recherches zoologiques et anatomiques sur les Opisthobranches de la Mer Rouge et du Golfe d'Aden. Part 2. Annales du Faculté des Sciences de l'Université de Marseilles, Supplement 20: 5-157.
  2. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2015). Phyllidiopsis dautzenbergi (Vayssière, 1912). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-11-14.
  3. ↑ Brunckhorst D.J. (1993) The systematics and phylogeny of phyllidiid nudibranchs (Doridoidea). Records of the Australian Museum suppl. 16: 1-108. page(s): 64
  4. 1 2 Rudman, W.B., 1999 (January 14) Phyllidiopsis dautzenbergi (Vayssière, 1911). [In Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. ↑ Yonow, N., 2008. Sea Slugs of the Red Sea. Pensoft Series Faunistica, Volume 74. Sofia (Bulgaria) : Pensoft Publishers, p.222.
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