Phyllidiella lizae

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

Phyllidiella lizae
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:
Phyllidiella
Species:
P. lizae
Binomial name
Phyllidiella lizae
Brunckhorst, 1993[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Heron Island, Australia with additional specimens from Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and Cape Moreton, Queensland. It has been reported from Vanuatu and Sulawesi.[3]

Description

This nudibranch has a pale pink dorsum with white-capped tubercles. There are narrow black lines which run in a zigzag pattern between the tubercle groups, joining at the tail. Connecting black lines run across the body and down the sides. The rhinophores are black with a pale grey base.[3]

Diet

This species feeds on sponges.

References
  1. Brunckhorst D.J. (1993) The systematics and phylogeny of phyllidiid nudibranchs (Doridoidea). Records of the Australian Museum suppl. 16: 1-108.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Phyllidiella lizae Brunckhorst, 1993. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-11-04.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (September 12) Phyllidiella lizae Brunckhorst, 1993. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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