''Phyllidia willani'' is a
species of
sea slug, 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 in the family
Phyllidiidae.
[Bouchet, P. (2015)]
''Phyllidia willani'' Brunckhorst, 1993.
In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-28.
Distribution
The holotype of this species was collected at
Mactan Island,
Philippines. Additional specimens from
Madang,
Papua New Guinea were included in the original description.
[Rudman, W.B., 1999 (January 12]
''Phyllidia willani'' Brunckhorst, 1993.
n/nowiki> Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Description
This nudibranch has a translucent mantle heavily spotted with opaque white. There are large yellow-capped tubercles in the middle of the back, becoming smaller and without yellow caps towards the edges of the mantle. There are two longitudinal black lines along the back which sometimes surround the tubercles and which may be broken.
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Diet
This species feeds on a sponge.
References
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Phyllidiidae
Gastropods described in 1993