Phyllidia undula

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Phyllidia undula
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The nudibranch, Phyllidia undula, Réunion
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
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]

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Description

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

Distribution

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

This species feeds on a sponge.

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References

  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.