Phyllidia exquisita explained

Phyllidia exquisita is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.^[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Lion Island, Papua New Guinea. It has also been found in the Maldives, Sri Lanka and Indonesia.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Phyllidia exquisita Brunckhorst, 1993. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-14
2. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (January 12) Phyllidia exquisita Brunckhorst, 1993. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

   Description

   This nudibranch has a grey coloured dorsum with smaller white and larger yellow tubercles in irregular rows separated by black lines. The rhinophores are yellow and there is a yellow-orange margin at the edge of the mantle across the front of the head and the first quarter of the sides of the body.

   Diet

   This species feeds on a sponge.

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