Phyllidiella hageni

Phyllidiella hageni is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.[2]

Phyllidiella hageni
The nudibranch Phyllidiella hageni, Pemuteran, Bali.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Phyllidioidea
Family:
Phyllidiidae
Genus:
Phyllidiella
Species:
P. hageni
Binomial name
Phyllidiella hageni
Fahrner & Beck, 2000[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Lombok, Indonesia. It has been reported from Sulawesi[3] and Papua New Guinea.[4]

Description

This nudibranch has a pink-grey dorsum with white-capped tubercles. There are thin black lines which run along the sides of the mantle, diverting at an angle to the sides of the body at the tail, without meeting. Broken black lines surround groups of tubercles in the middle of the back. There is a thin black line at the edge of the mantle. The rhinophores are black.[3]

Diet

This species feeds on sponges.

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References
  1. Fahrner A. & Beck L.A. (2000). Identification key to the Indo-Pacific species of the nudibranch family Phyllidiidae Rafinesque, 1814, including the description of two new species. Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 128(1-2): 189-211
  2. Bouchet, P. (2016). Phyllidiella hageni Fahrner & Beck, 2000. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-11-05.
  3. Fahrner, A. & Beck, L.A., 2000 (August 13) Phyllidiella hageni Fahrner & Beck, 2000. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. Dominguez, M., Quintas, P. & Troncoso, J.S. (2007). Phyllidiidae (Opisthobranchia: Nudibranchia) from Papua New Guinea with the description of a new species of Phyllidiella. American Malacological Bulletin. 22 : 89-117.
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