Phyllidia scottjohnsoni

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Phyllidia scottjohnsoni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Phyllidioidea
Family: Phyllidiidae
Genus: Phyllidia
Species:
P. scottjohnsoni
Binomial name
Phyllidia scottjohnsoni
Brunckhorst, 1993 [1]

Phyllidia scottjohnsoni 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 the Hawaiian Islands. [3]

Description

This nudibranch has a partly translucent, white dorsum with large round black spots. There are small, scattered, tubercles all over the back. [3] [4]

Diet

This species feeds on a sponge.

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References

  1. Brunckhorst D.J. (1993) The systematics and phylogeny of phyllidiid nudibranchs (Doridoidea). Records of the Australian Museum suppl. 16: 1-108.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Phyllidia scottjohnsoni Brunckhorst, 1993. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-27.
  3. 1 2 Rudman, W.B., 1999 (January 12) Phyllidia scottjohnsoni Brunckhorst, 1993. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. Pittman, C. & Fiene, P. (2016). Phyllidia scottjohnsoni. Sea Slugs of Hawaii.