Phyllidia marindica
| Phyllidia marindica | |
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| The nudibranch Phyllidia marindica, Diani Beach, Kenya. | |
| 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. marindica |
| Binomial name | |
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Phyllidia marindica (Yonow & Hayward, 1991) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Reyfria marindica Yonow & Hayward, 1991 |
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Reyfria marindica Yonow & Hayward, 1991
Fryeria marindica (Yonow & Hayward, 1991)
Phyllidia marindica is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.
This common species was described from Mauritius. It has been reported from the South Africa to Thailand and north-west Australia.
This nudibranch has a pattern of black on the dorsum interrupted by large yellow-capped tubercles surrounded by pale blue rings which join between the tubercles along the midline. The blue areas coalesce towards the edge of the mantle and the tubercles become small and increasingly numerous, without any yellow caps. The rhinophores are yellow.
This species feeds on a sponge.
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