| Phyllidia multituberculata | |
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| Phyllidia multituberculata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Phyllidioidea |
| Family: | Phyllidiidae |
| Genus: | Phyllidia |
| Species: | P. multituberculata |
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| Phyllidia multituberculata C. R. Boettger, 1918 | |
Phyllidia multituberculata is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.
Distribution
This species was described from Pulu Bambu in the Aru Islands, south-west of Papua New Guinea. It has been reported from the Indian Ocean.
Description
This species has previously been confused with Phyllidia ocellata. This species is bilaterally symmetric and reproduces sexually.
Diet
This species feeds on a sponge.
References
- Boettger, Caesar Rudolf (1918). Die von Dr. H. Merton auf den Aru- und Kei- Inseln gesammelten Wassermollusken. Abhandlungen Herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. Frankfurt-am-Main 35:125-145, pls. 8-9, page 129, taf. 8.
- Bouchet, P. (2015). Phyllidia multituberculata C. R. Boettger, 1918. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-30.
- Yonow N. (2012) Opisthobranchs from the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species and ten new records (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys 197: 1–129.
- 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.
- "Phyllidia multituberculata C. R. Boettger 1918 data - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
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| Phyllidia multituberculata | |