''Phyllidia goslineri'' is a
species
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of
sea slug
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, a dorid
nudibranch, a shell-less
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 rare species was described from
Madang,
Papua New Guinea
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.
[Rudman, W.B., 1999 (January 12]
''Phyllidia goslineri'' Brunckhorst, 1993.
n/nowiki> Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. It has also been found at Amami-Ooshima Islands,
Japan
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.
[Imamotu, J. (2009)]
''Phyllidia goslineri''
Medslugs.de, accessed 2016-10-27.
Description
This nudibranch has a cream coloured dorsum with smaller regularly spaced brown spots and larger pale brown blotches. The small brown spots are surrounded by pale fawn colour and the overall aspect is unlike other Phyllidia species, being reminiscent of ''
Knoutsodonta depressa
''Knoutsodonta depressa'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.Bouchet, P. (2015)''Knoutsodonta depressa'' (Alder & Hancock, 1842).In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed throu ...
'', which is camouflaged to look like a bryozoan. The rhinophores are cream. The entire dorsum is covered with small rounded tubercles.
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Diet
This species feeds on a sponge.
References
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Phyllidiidae
Gastropods described in 1993