Phyllidiopsis krempfi
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The nudibranch Phyllidiopsis krempfi, Pemuteran, Bali. | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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Species: | P. krempfi
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Phyllidiopsis krempfi Pruvot-Fol, 1957[1]
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Phyllidiopsis krempfi is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.[2] This species was named to honour Armand Krempf, a French marine biologist and director of the Nha Trang Institute of Oceanography (Vietnam) from 1921.
Distribution
This species was described from Nha-Trang, Vietnam.[3]
Description
This nudibranch has a white or pink dorsum with compound tubercles with white apices. It is a large Phyllidiid, growing to at least 60 mm in length. It is similar to Phyllidiopsis pipeki but that species has only two longitudinal black lines on the back.[3]
Diet
This species feeds on a sponge.
References
- ^ Pruvot-Fol, A., (1957). Revision de la famille des Phyllidiadae (2). Journal de Conchyliologie, Paris 97: 104-1 35.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Phyllidiopsis krempfi Pruvot-Fol, 1957. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-11-13.
- ^ a b Rudman, W.B., 1998 (December 12) Phyllidiopsis krempfi Pruvot-Fol, 1957. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.