Phyllidia elegans
Template:Short description Template:Speciesbox
Phyllidia elegans, also known as the elegant phyllidia,[1] is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.[2] It is found in shallow water in the Red Sea and the tropical Indo-Pacific region.[3]
Distribution
This species has been found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Andaman Sea, Myanmar, the Red Sea, the Mariana Islands, north Sulawesi, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.[4]
Description
This animal can be distinguished by a pale-coloured foot having a single median longitudinal black line on the sole, light pink dorsal tubercles commonly tipped in yellow, and black lines on the lateral margins of the sole.[3][5]
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Template:Cite WoRMS
- ↑ a b Rudman, W.B., 1999 (January 12) Phyllidia elegans Bergh, 1869. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ↑ Brunckhorst, D.J. (1993). The Systematics and Phylogeny of Phyllidiid Nudibranchs (Doridoidea). Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia.
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".