Phyllidia guamensis

Phyllidia guamensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Phyllidioidea
Family: Phyllidiidae
Genus: Phyllidia
Species:
P. guamensis
Binomial name
Phyllidia guamensis
(Brunckhorst, 1993)[1]
Synonyms

Fryeria guamensis Brunckhorst, 1993

Phyllidia guamensis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.[2]

Distribution

This rare species was described from Guam. It has been reported from the Northern Mariana Islands and the Marquesas Islands.[3]

Description

This nudibranch has a black dorsum with large yellow-capped tubercles surrounded by pale blue rings. Towards the edge of the mantle these tubercles become small and increasingly numerous, without any yellow caps. The rhinophores are yellow.[3]

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 guamensis (Brunckhorst, 1993). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-27.
  3. ^ a b Rudman, W.B., 1999 (July 15) Fryeria guamensis Brunckhorst, 1993. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.