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Phyllidia guamensis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Phyllidiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Phyllidioidea

Genus
  
Phyllidia

Similar
  
Nudibranch, Phyllidiidae, Phyllidia alyta, Gastropods, Molluscs

Phyllidia guamensis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.

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Distribution

This rare species was described from Guam. It has been reported from the Northern Mariana Islands and the Marquesas Islands.

Description

This nudibranch has a black dorsum with large yellow-capped tubercles surrounded by pale blue rings. Towards the edge of the mantle these tubercles become small and increasingly numerous, without any yellow caps. The rhinophores are yellow.

Diet

This species feeds on a sponge.

References

Phyllidia guamensis Wikipedia