''Phyllidia flava'' is a
species
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of
sea slug
Sea slug is a common name for some marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. they are sea snails (marine gastropod mollusks) that over evolutionary t ...
, a dorid
nudibranch
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, a
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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in the family
Phyllidiidae
Phyllidiidae is a family of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Phyllidioidea.
This family is within the clade Doridacea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Distributi ...
.
Distribution
This species is the only Phyllidiid known to be native to the Mediterranean Sea.
[Rudman, W.B., 1999 (January 12]
''Phyllidia flava'' Aradas, 1847.
n/nowiki> Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
References
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Phyllidiidae
Gastropods described in 1847