Phyllidia undula
| Phyllidia undula | |
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| The nudibranch, Phyllidia undula, Réunion | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | P. undula
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| Phyllidia undula Yonow, 1986[1]
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Phyllidia undula is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.[2]
Description[]
This species has previously been confused with Phyllidia ocellata.[3]
Distribution[]
This species was described from the Red Sea. It appears to be confined to the western Indian Ocean including the Red Sea, the African coast and the Island of Réunion.[4]
Diet[]
This species feeds on a sponge.
References[]
- ^ Yonow N. (1986). Red Sea Phyllidiidae (Mollusca, Nudibranchia) with descriptions of new species. Journal of Natural History 20: 1401-1428
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Phyllidia ocellata undula Yonow, 1986. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-30.
- ^ Yonow, N. 1996. Systematic Revision of the Family Phyllidiidae in the Indian Ocean Province: Part 1 (Opisthobranchia: Nudibranchia: Doridoidea). Journal of Conchology 35: 483-516.
- ^ Bidgrain, P. (2016). Phyllidia ocellata colour forms on Réunion. Sea Slugs from southwest Indian Ocean.
Categories:
- Phyllidiidae
- Gastropods described in 1986