Phyllidia alyta

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Phyllidia alyta
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The nudibranch Phyllidia alyta, head end towards the left, Unawatuna, Sri Lanka.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Phyllidiidae
Genus: Phyllidia
Species:
P. alyta
Binomial name
Phyllidia alyta
Yonow, 1996 [1]

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

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Distribution

This species was described from Ari Atoll, Maldives. It has been found in the Indian Ocean from the Maldives, Mauritius, Réunion, Sri Lanka and Myanmar. [3]

Description

This nudibranch has a grey coloured dorsum with white tubercles in rows separated by four longitudinal black stripes. The rhinophores are yellow and some of the dorsal tubercles are tipped with yellow. [3]

Diet

This species feeds on sponges.

References

  1. ↑ Yonow, Nathalie (1996). "Systematic revision of the family Phyllidiidae in the Indian Ocean province: Part 1 (Opisthobranchia: Nudibranchia: Doridoidea)". Journal of Conchology. 35: 483–516.
  2. ↑ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2022). "Phyllidia alyta Yonow, 1996". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  3. 1 2 Rudman, W.B., 1999 (November 23) Phyllidia alyta Yonow, 1996. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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