Phyllidia scottjohnsoni
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | P. scottjohnsoni
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| Phyllidia scottjohnsoni Brunckhorst, 1993[1]
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Phyllidia scottjohnsoni 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 Hawaiian Islands.[3]
Description
This nudibranch has a partly translucent, white dorsum with large round black spots. There are small, scattered, tubercles all over the back.[3][4]
Diet
This species feeds on a sponge.
References
- ^ Brunckhorst D.J. (1993) The systematics and phylogeny of phyllidiid nudibranchs (Doridoidea). Records of the Australian Museum suppl. 16: 1-108.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Phyllidia scottjohnsoni Brunckhorst, 1993. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-27.
- ^ a b Rudman, W.B., 1999 (January 12) Phyllidia scottjohnsoni Brunckhorst, 1993. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ Pittman, C. & Fiene, P. (2016). Phyllidia scottjohnsoni. Sea Slugs of Hawaii.