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Phyllidia multituberculata

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

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Phyllidia multituberculata
Phyllidia multituberculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Phyllidiidae
Genus: Phyllidia
Species:
P. multituberculata
Binomial name
Phyllidia multituberculata
C. R. Boettger, 19181

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

Distribution

This species was described from Pulu Bambu in the Aru Islands, south-west of Papua New Guinea. It has been reported from the Indian Ocean.3

Description

This species has previously been confused with Phyllidia ocellata.4 This species is bilaterally symmetric and reproduces sexually.5

Diet

This species feeds on a sponge.

References

References

  1. Boettger, Caesar Rudolf (1918). Die von Dr. H. Merton auf den Aru- und Kei- Inseln gesammelten Wassermollusken. Abhandlungen Herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. Frankfurt-am-Main 35:125-145, pls. 8-9, page 129, taf. 8.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Phyllidia multituberculata C. R. Boettger, 1918. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-30.
  3. Yonow N. (2012) Opisthobranchs from the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species and ten new records (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys 197: 1–129.
  4. 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.
  5. "Phyllidia multituberculata C. R. Boettger 1918 data - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2023-01-18.