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Phyllidia undula

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Phyllidia undula
The nudibranch, Phyllidia undula, Réunion
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Phyllidioidea
Family: Phyllidiidae
Genus: Phyllidia
Species:
P. undula
Binomial name
Phyllidia undula
Yonow, 1986[1]

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

Description

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This species has previously been confused with Phyllidia ocellata.[3]

Distribution

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This species was described from the Red Sea. It appears to be confined to the western Indian Ocean including the Red Sea, the African coast and the Island of Réunion.[4]

Diet

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This species feeds on a sponge.

References

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  1. ^ Yonow N. (1986). Red Sea Phyllidiidae (Mollusca, Nudibranchia) with descriptions of new species. Journal of Natural History 20: 1401-1428
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Phyllidia ocellata undula Yonow, 1986. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-30.
  3. ^ Yonow, N. 1996. Systematic Revision of the Family Phyllidiidae in the Indian Ocean Province: Part 1 (Opisthobranchia: Nudibranchia: Doridoidea). Journal of Conchology 35: 483-516.
  4. ^ Bidgrain, P. (2016). Phyllidia ocellata colour forms on Réunion. Sea Slugs from southwest Indian Ocean.