Phyllidia koehleri
| Phyllidia koehleri | |
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| A pair of mating Phyllidia koehleri, Maldives. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Phyllidioidea |
| Family: | Phyllidiidae |
| Genus: | Phyllidia |
| Species: | P. koehleri
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllidia koehleri Perrone, 2000[1]
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Phyllidia koehleri is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species was described from the Maldives.[3]
Description
[edit]This nudibranch has an orange coloured dorsum with three longitudinal black lines. The outer lines continue across the front of the head and around the back of the mantle, forming a complete ring.[4] There are longitudinal ridges along the back and the rhinophores are orange-yellow. There are also animals with the same coloration but a pattern of radiating black lines on the outer part of the mantle and conspicuous tubercles.[3] This is probably a different species.[5]
Diet
[edit]This species feeds on a red sponge.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Perrone, A.S. (2000) A new species of Nudibranchia of the genus Phyllidia Cuvier (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) from the Maldive Islands. Basteria, 64: 89-97.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Phyllidia koehleri Perrone, 2000. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-28.
- ^ a b c Rudman, W.B., 1999 (November 12) Phyllidia koehleri Perrone, 2000. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ Gosliner, T.M., Valdés, A. & Behrens, D.W. (2015). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification - Indo-Pacific. New World Publications, Jacksonville, Florida, 408 pp., page 280.
- ^ Gosliner, T.M., Valdés, A. & Behrens, D.W. (2015). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification - Indo-Pacific. New World Publications, Jacksonville, Florida, 408 pp., page 290 as Phyllidiopsis sp. 5.