Phyllidia polkadotsa
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | P. polkadotsa
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| Phyllidia polkadotsa Brunckhorst, 1993[1]
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Phyllidia polkadotsa 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 yellow or orange coloured dorsum with large round black spots which are surrounded by a paler, translucent, ring. There are three longitudinal ridges along the back and small, scattered, tubercles.[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 polkadotsa 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 polkadotsa Brunckhorst, 1993. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ Pittman, C. & Fiene, P. (2016). Phyllidia polkadotsa. Sea Slugs of Hawaii.