Phyllidia koehleri explained

Phyllidia koehleri 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 the Maldives.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Phyllidia koehleri Perrone, 2000. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-28.
2. Gosliner, T.M., Valdés, A. & Behrens, D.W. (2015). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification - Indo-Pacific. New World Publications, Jacksonville, Florida, 408 pp., page 280.
3. Gosliner, T.M., Valdés, A. & Behrens, D.W. (2015). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification - Indo-Pacific. New World Publications, Jacksonville, Florida, 408 pp., page 290 as Phyllidiopsis sp. 5.
4. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (November 12) Phyllidia koehleri Perrone, 2000. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

   Description

   This nudibranch has an orange coloured dorsum with three longitudinal black lines. The outer lines continue across the front of the head and around the back of the mantle, forming a complete ring.^[2] There are longitudinal ridges along the back and the rhinophores are orange-yellow. There are also animals with the same coloration but a pattern of radiating black lines on the outer part of the mantle and conspicuous tubercles. This is probably a different species.^[3]

   Diet

   This species feeds on a red sponge.

   References