Phyllidiopsis bayi is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.[2][3]
| Phyllidiopsis dautzenbergi | |
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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: | Phyllidiopsis |
| Species: | P. dautzenbergi
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllidiopsis dautzenbergi (Vayssière, 1912)[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Phyllidia dautzenbergi Vayssière, 1912 | |
Distribution
editThis species was described from the Red Sea.[4] It is endemic to the southern Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.[5]
Description
editThis nudibranch has a translucent white dorsum with black lines creating a central ring with lines running off at right angles to the margin. At the margin they widen slightly, giving the appearance of cut-off circular patches of white. It is a small Phyllidiid, growing to 20 mm in length.[4]
Diet
editThis species feeds on a sponge.
References
edit- ^ Vayssière, A., (1912). Recherches zoologiques et anatomiques sur les Opisthobranches de la Mer Rouge et du Golfe d'Aden. Part 2. Annales du Faculté des Sciences de l'Université de Marseilles, Supplement 20: 5-157.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Phyllidiopsis dautzenbergi (Vayssière, 1912). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-11-14.
- ^ Brunckhorst D.J. (1993) The systematics and phylogeny of phyllidiid nudibranchs (Doridoidea). Records of the Australian Museum suppl. 16: 1-108. page(s): 64
- ^ a b Rudman, W.B., 1999 (January 14) Phyllidiopsis dautzenbergi (Vayssière, 1911). [In Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ Yonow, N., 2008. Sea Slugs of the Red Sea. Pensoft Series Faunistica, Volume 74. Sofia (Bulgaria) : Pensoft Publishers, p.222.