''Phyllidia madangensis'' is a
species of
sea slug, a dorid
nudibranch, a shell-less
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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 in the family
Phyllidiidae.
[Bouchet, P. (2015)]
''Phyllidia madangensis'' Brunckhorst, 1993.
In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-27.
Distribution
This species was described from
Madang,
Papua New Guinea. It has been reported from
Vanuatu and
Sulawesi
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.
[Rudman, W.B., 1999 (January 12]
''Phyllidia madangensis'' Brunckhorst, 1993.
n/nowiki> Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Description
This nudibranch has a black dorsum with large yellow-capped tubercles surrounded by white, slightly translucent, rings. These rings are elongated towards the head and tail where they surround the larger tubercles in the middle of the dorsum. Towards the edge of the mantle these tubercles become smaller and scattered, the smallest without any yellow caps. The rhinophores are yellow. It is similar to ''
Phyllidia carlsonhoffi'' but ''P. madangensis'' has a small white tubercle on the front edge of each rhinophore pocket, not directly in front of the rhinophore but situated towards the midline of the body. The sole of the foot in ''P. madangensis'' does not have a dark median line.
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Diet
This species feeds on a sponge.
References
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Phyllidiidae
Gastropods described in 1993