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Similar Phyllidiopsis, Phyllidiella, Phyllidiidae, Phyllidia ocellata, Phyllidia varicosa | ||
Phyllidiella striata 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 Philippines. This name is often erroneously used for Phyllidiopsis xishaensis.
Description
This nudibranch has a black dorsum with longitudinal grey-pink ridges. These ridges are tuberculate and somewhat broken. They form a circle behind the anus and a patch between the rhinophores. The rhinophores are black.
Diet
This species feeds on a sponge.
References
Phyllidiella striata Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA