Phyllidiopsis blanca is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.[2]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Superfamily: | Phyllidioidea |
Family: | Phyllidiidae |
Genus: | Phyllidiopsis |
Species: | P. blanca
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Binomial name | |
Phyllidiopsis blanca |
Distribution
editThis species was described from San Nicolas Island, San Francisco, United States with additional specimens from Isla San Benitos, Baja California, Mexico. It is a rare species which has also been recorded from Palos Verdes and San Pedro.[3]
Description
editThis nudibranch has a white dorsum with simple tubercles. It is a medium-sized Phyllidiid, growing to at least 25 mm in length.
Diet
editThis species feeds on the sponge Hymenamphiastra cyanocrypta.[4]
References
edit- ^ Gosliner, T. M., & D. W. Behrens, (1988). A review of the generic divisions within the Phyllidiidae with the description of a new species of Phyllidiopsis (Nudibranchia, Phyllidiidae) from the Pacific coast of North America. Veliger 30(3):305-314. ; p. 312
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Phyllidiopsis blanca Gosliner & Behrens, 1988. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-11-14.
- ^ Behrens, D.W., (2015). Phyllidiopsis blanca. The Slug Site, accessed on 2016-11-14.
- ^ Behrens, D.W., (2007). Phyllidiopsis blanca The Slug Site, accessed on 2016-11-14.