Phyllidia willani 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 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Phyllidioidea |
| Family: | Phyllidiidae |
| Genus: | Phyllidia |
| Species: | P. willani
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| Phyllidia willani Brunckhorst, 1993[1]
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Distribution
editThe holotype of this species was collected at Mactan Island, Philippines. Additional specimens from Madang, Papua New Guinea were included in the original description.[1][3]
Description
editThis nudibranch has a translucent mantle heavily spotted with opaque white. There are large yellow-capped tubercles in the middle of the back, becoming smaller and without yellow caps towards the edges of the mantle. There are two longitudinal black lines along the back which sometimes surround the tubercles and which may be broken.[3]
Diet
editThis species feeds on a sponge.
References
edit- ^ a b Brunckhorst D.J. (1993) The systematics and phylogeny of phyllidiid nudibranchs (Doridoidea). Records of the Australian Museum suppl. 16: 1-108.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Phyllidia willani Brunckhorst, 1993. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-28.
- ^ a b Rudman, W.B., 1999 (January 12) Phyllidia willani Brunckhorst, 1993. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.