Phyllidia guamensis

Phyllidia guamensis
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:	Phyllidia
Species:	P. guamensis
Binomial name
	Phyllidia guamensis; (Brunckhorst, 1993)
Synonyms
	Fryeria guamensis Brunckhorst, 1993

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

Distribution

This rare species was described from Guam. It has been reported from the Northern Mariana Islands and the Marquesas Islands.^[3]

Description

This nudibranch has a black dorsum with large yellow-capped tubercles surrounded by pale blue rings. Towards the edge of the mantle these tubercles become small and increasingly numerous, without any yellow caps. The rhinophores are yellow.^[3]

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 guamensis (Brunckhorst, 1993). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-27.
^ ^a ^b Rudman, W.B., 1999 (July 15) Fryeria guamensis Brunckhorst, 1993. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

[1] Brunckhorst D.J. (1993) The systematics and phylogeny of phyllidiid nudibranchs (Doridoidea). Records of the Australian Museum suppl. 16: 1-108.

[2] Bouchet, P. (2015). Phyllidia guamensis (Brunckhorst, 1993). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-27.

[ssf-3] Rudman, W.B., 1999 (July 15) Fryeria guamensis Brunckhorst, 1993. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

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