Phyllidia elegans

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

Phyllidia elegans
A live individual of Phyllidia elegans, head end towards the right
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Phyllidioidea
Family:
Phyllidiidae
Genus:
Phyllidia
Species:
P. elegans
Binomial name
Phyllidia elegans
(Bergh, 1869)[1]

Distribution

This species has been found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Andaman Sea, Myanmar, the Red Sea, the Mariana Islands, north Sulawesi, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.[3]

Description

This animal can be distinguished by a pale-coloured foot having a single median longitudinal black line on the sole, light pink dorsal tubercles commonly tipped in yellow, and black lines on the lateral margins of the sole.[4][5]

References
  1. Bergh, L. S. R. 1869. Bidrag til en Monographi af Phyllidierne. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Stiftet af Henrik Kroyer, series 3, 5:357-542, pls. 14-24.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Phyllidia elegans Bergh, 1869. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-11-15.
  3. Brunckhorst, D.J. (1993). The Systematics and Phylogeny of Phyllidiid Nudibranchs (Doridoidea). Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia.
  4. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (January 12) Phyllidia elegans Bergh, 1869. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. Bolland, R. (1987-07-08). "Phyllidia elegans". Rfbolland.com. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
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