Phyllidiella meandrina
| Phyllidiella meandrina | |
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| The nudibranch Phyllidiella meandrina, Sri Lanka. | |
| 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: | Phyllidiella |
| Species: | P. meandrina |
| Binomial name | |
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Phyllidiella meandrina (Pruvot-Fol, 1957) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Phyllidia meandrina Pruvot-Fol, 1957 |
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Phyllidia meandrina Pruvot-Fol, 1957
Phyllidiella sudanensis (Heller & Thompson, 1983)
Phyllidiella meandrina is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.
This species was first collected in Mauritius. It was confused with Phyllidiella annulata by Brunckhorst. It is a frequent species in Mauritius and Réunion.
This nudibranch has a black dorsum with longitudinal pink ridges at the sides of the mantle and a series of oval rings in the centre of the back. The rhinophores are black.
This species feeds on sponges.
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