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Phyllidia undula

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

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Phyllidia undula
The nudibranch, Phyllidia undula, Réunion
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Phyllidiidae
Genus: Phyllidia
Species:
P. undula
Binomial name
Phyllidia undula
Yonow, 19861

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

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.

References

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.