Phyllidia flava

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Phyllidia flava
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A live individual of Phyllidia flava on a yellow sponge, head end towards the left
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Phyllidioidea
Family: Phyllidiidae
Genus: Phyllidia
Species:
P. flava
Binomial name
Phyllidia flava
Aradas, 1847 [1]

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

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Distribution

This species is the only Phyllidiid known to be native to the Mediterranean Sea. [3]

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References

  1. Aradas A. (1847). Memorie di Zoologia Siciliana. Memoria III. Descrizione di alcuni molluschi nudi della Sicilia. Atti dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali, (2)4: 107-122, pl. 1. page(s): 12
  2. Gofas, S. (2004). Phyllidia flava Aradas, 1847. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-28.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (January 12) Phyllidia flava Aradas, 1847. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.