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Phyllidiopsis krempfi

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Species of gastropod

Phyllidiopsis krempfi
The nudibranch Phyllidiopsis krempfi, Pemuteran, Bali.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Phyllidioidea
Family: Phyllidiidae
Genus: Phyllidiopsis
Species: P. krempfi
Binomial name
Phyllidiopsis krempfi
Pruvot-Fol, 1957

Phyllidiopsis krempfi is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae. This species was named to honour Armand Krempf, a French marine biologist and director of the Nha Trang Institute of Oceanography (Vietnam) from 1921.

Distribution

This species was described from Nha-Trang, Vietnam.

Description

This nudibranch has a white or pink dorsum with compound tubercles with white apices. It is a large Phyllidiid, growing to at least 60 mm in length. It is similar to Phyllidiopsis pipeki but that species has only two longitudinal black lines on the back.

Diet

This species feeds on a sponge.

References

  1. Pruvot-Fol, A., (1957). Revision de la famille des Phyllidiadae (2). Journal de Conchyliologie, Paris 97: 104-1 35.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Phyllidiopsis krempfi Pruvot-Fol, 1957. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-11-13.
  3. ^ Rudman, W.B., 1998 (December 12) Phyllidiopsis krempfi Pruvot-Fol, 1957. Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Taxon identifiers
Phyllidiopsis krempfi
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