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Phyllidia carlsonhoffi

Phyllidia carlsonhoffi
Phyllididae - Phyllidia carlsonhoffi.jpg
A live individual of Phyllidia cf. carlsonhoffi in situ, head end towadrs the left
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily: Phyllidioidea
Family: Phyllidiidae
Genus: Phyllidia
Species: P. carlsonhoffi
Binomial name
Phyllidia carlsonhoffi
Brunckhorst, 1993

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

Phyllidia carlsonhoffi has a black body with small rounded yellow tubercles and more or less regularly distributed large conical yellow tubercles in the center of white rings. The ventral surface is a pale cream color, with a median black line on the bottom of the foot sole. The oral tentacles are long and cylindrical.

This species has been found in western Pacific Ocean (Micronesia, Papua New Guinea and Fiji).

This nudibranch prefers shallow subtidal lagoons, on the reefs, and seaward slopes, at depths of 1–25 meters.



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