Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Phyllidiidae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Phyllidioidea Genus Phyllidia | |
Similar Phyllidia babai, Phyllidia exquisita, Phyllidia alyta, Phyllidia elegans, Phyllidia flava | ||
Phyllidia scottjohnsoni 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 species was described from the Hawaiian Islands.
Description
This nudibranch has a partly translucent, white dorsum with large round black spots. There are small, scattered, tubercles all over the back.
Diet
This species feeds on a sponge.
References
Phyllidia scottjohnsoni Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA