Phyllidia zebrina is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.[2]
| Phyllidia zebrina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Phyllidioidea |
| Family: | Phyllidiidae |
| Genus: | Phyllidia |
| Species: | P. zebrina
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllidia zebrina Baba, 1976[1]
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Distribution
editThe holotype of this species was collected at Amadaiba, Sagami Bay, Japan.[3]
Description
editThis nudibranch has a translucent mantle heavily spotted with opaque white or yellow. There are a series of black (or dark red) lines radiating in from near the mantle edge towards the middle of the body. There is confusion with Phyllidia larryi.[3]
Diet
editThis species feeds on a sponge.
References
edit- ^ Baba, K. (1976) Record of Phyllidia zebrina n. sp. from Sagami Bay, Japan (Nudibranchia: Doridoidea: Phyllidiidae). Venus, The Japanese Journal of Malacology, 35(1) 5-8. ([In Japanese])
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Phyllidia zebrina Baba, 1976. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-28.
- ^ a b Rudman, W.B., 2003 (May 29) Phyllidia zebrina Baba, 1976. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.