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Phyllidia rueppelii

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Species of gastropod

Phyllidia rueppelii
The nudibranch Phyllidia rueppelii, Sharm el Sheikh, Red Sea, Egypt
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Phyllidioidea
Family: Phyllidiidae
Genus: Phyllidia
Species: P. rueppelii
Binomial name
Phyllidia rueppelii
(Bergh, 1869)

Phyllidia rueppelii 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 the Red Sea. It has been reported from the Gulf of Oman.

References

  1. Bergh, L. S. R. 1869. Bidrag til en Monographi af Phyllidierne. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Stiftet af Henrik Kroyer, series 3, 5:357-542, pls. 14-24.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Phyllidia rueppelii (Bergh, 1869). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-31.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (July 15) Fryeria rueppelii Bergh, 1869. Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

Further reading

  • Brunckhorst, D.J. 1993. The Systematics and Phylogeny of Phyllidiid Nudibranchs (Doridoidea). Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia.
Taxon identifiers
Phyllidia rueppelii
Fryeria rueppelii
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