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Phyllidia scottjohnsoni

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Species of gastropod

Phyllidia scottjohnsoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Phyllidioidea
Family: Phyllidiidae
Genus: Phyllidia
Species: P. scottjohnsoni
Binomial name
Phyllidia scottjohnsoni
Brunckhorst, 1993

Phyllidia scottjohnsoni 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 Hawaiian Islands.

Description

This nudibranch has a partly translucent, white dorsum with large round black spots. There are small, scattered, tubercles all over the back.

Diet

This species feeds on a sponge.

References

  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 scottjohnsoni Brunckhorst, 1993. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-27.
  3. ^ Rudman, W.B., 1999 (January 12) Phyllidia scottjohnsoni Brunckhorst, 1993. Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. Pittman, C. & Fiene, P. (2016). Phyllidia scottjohnsoni. Sea Slugs of Hawaii.
Taxon identifiers
Phyllidia scottjohnsoni
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