Phyllidia flava

Phyllidia flava is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.[2]

Phyllidia flava
A live individual of Phyllidia flava on a yellow sponge, head end towards the left
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Phyllidioidea
Family:
Phyllidiidae
Genus:
Phyllidia
Species:
P. flava
Binomial name
Phyllidia flava
Aradas, 1847[1]

Distribution

This species is the only Phyllidiid known to be native to the Mediterranean Sea.[3]

References
  1. Aradas A. (1847). Memorie di Zoologia Siciliana. Memoria III. Descrizione di alcuni molluschi nudi della Sicilia. Atti dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali, (2)4: 107-122, pl. 1. page(s): 12
  2. Gofas, S. (2004). Phyllidia flava Aradas, 1847. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-28.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (January 12) Phyllidia flava Aradas, 1847. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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