Phyllidia elegans
| Phyllidia elegans | |
|---|---|
 | |
| A live individual of Phyllidia elegans, head end towards the left | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Phyllidioidea |
| Family: | Phyllidiidae |
| Genus: | Phyllidia |
| Species: | P. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllidia elegans (Bergh, 1869)[1] | |
Phyllidia elegans is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.[2]
Distribution
This species has been found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Andaman Sea, Myanmar, the Red Sea, the Mariana Islands, north Sulawesi, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.[3]
Description
This animal can be distinguished by a pale-coloured foot having a single median longitudinal black line on the sole, light pink dorsal tubercles commonly tipped in yellow, and black lines on the lateral margins of the sole.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Bergh, L. S. R. 1869. Bidrag til en Monographi af Phyllidierne. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Stiftet af Henrik Kroyer, series 3, 5:357-542, pls. 14-24.
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2015). Phyllidia elegans Bergh, 1869. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-11-15.
- ↑ Brunckhorst, D.J. (1993). The Systematics and Phylogeny of Phyllidiid Nudibranchs (Doridoidea). Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia.
- ↑ Rudman, W.B., 1999 (January 12) Phyllidia elegans Bergh, 1869. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ↑ Bolland, R. (1987-07-08). "Phyllidia elegans". Rfbolland.com. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
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