Phyllidia picta is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.[2]
| Phyllidia picta | |
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| The nudibranch Phyllidia picta, Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Phyllidioidea |
| Family: | Phyllidiidae |
| Genus: | Phyllidia |
| Species: | P. picta
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllidia picta (Pruvot-Fol, 1957)[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Fryeria menindie (Brunckhorst, 1993) | |
Distribution
editThis species has been reported from Malaysia to Indonesia, the Philippines, north-west Australia and the western Pacific Ocean including Fiji, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.[3]
Description
editThis nudibranch has a pattern of black on the dorsum interrupted by large yellow-capped tubercles surrounded by pale blue patches. The blue areas coalesce towards the edge of the mantle and the tubercles become smaller, the smallest without yellow caps. The rhinophores are yellow.[3]
Diet
editThis species feeds on a sponge.
References
edit- ^ Pruvot-Fol, A. (1957) Révision de la famille des Phyllidiadae. 2. Journal de Conchyliologie 97: 104-135, Pl.1.
- ^ Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Phyllidia picta Pruvot-Fol, 1957. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-27.
- ^ a b Rudman, W.B., 2006 (July 14) Fryeria picta (Pruvot-Fol, 1957). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
External links
edit- Photos of Phyllidia picta on Sealife Collection