Phyllidiella backeljaui is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.[2]
| Phyllidiella backeljaui | |
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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: | Phyllidiella |
| Species: | P. backeljaui
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllidiella backeljaui Dominguez, Quintas & Troncoso, 2007[1]
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Distribution
editThis species was described from Laing Island, Papua New Guinea.
Description
editThis nudibranch has a pale pink dorsum with white-capped compound tubercles in the middle part, reducing in size to single tubercles at the margin. There are two narrow black lines which run in a wavy pattern between the tubercle groups, joining at the tail. Connecting black lines run across the body and down the sides and there is a narrow black margin to the mantle. The rhinophores are black.[1]
Diet
editThis species feeds on sponges.
References
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ WoRMS (2015). Phyllidiella backeljaui Dominguez, Quintas & Troncoso, 2007 In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-11-05.