Phyllidia babai
A live individual of Phyllidia babai, head end towards the left
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Phyllidioidea
Family: Phyllidiidae
Genus: Phyllidia
Species:
P. babai
Binomial name
Phyllidia babai
Brunckhorst, 1993[1]

Phyllidia babai is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.[1][2]

The specific name babai is in honor of Kikutaro Baba,[1] Japanese malacologist.

Distribution

The holotype of this species was collected at Lion Island, Papua New Guinea, 9°32′10″S 147°16′19″E / 9.536°S 147.272°E / -9.536; 147.272. It has also been reported from North Sulawesi, Lembeh Strait, southern Queensland, Australia, South Korea and rarely on Okinawa.[3] A number of similar coloured species have been found but are probably not yet named.[4]

Description

This nudibranch has a cream to light yellow coloured dorsum with white tubercles in the center of black rings and the mantle finely edged in yellow. The clavus of each rhinophore has 21 to 24 lamellae, and the rhinophoral pocket is trimmed in white. Its white-coloured, pointed, oral tentacles have lateral grooves, and they also are trimmed in yellow. The ventral surface is a pale cream colour.[3]

Diet

This species has been observed feeding on the yellow sponge Acanthella stipata.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Brunckhorst, David J. (1993). "The systematics and phylogeny of phyllidiid nudibranchs (Doridoidea)". Records of the Australian Museum. Supplement. 16: 1–107. doi:10.3853/j.0812-7387.16.1993.79.
  2. ^ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2022). "Phyllidia babai Brunckhorst, 1993". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b Rudman, W.B. (1999). "Phyllidia babai". The Sea Slug Forum, Australian Museum, Sydney. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
  4. ^ Stoffels, Bart E.M.W.; van der Meij, Sancia E.T.; Hoeksema, Bert W.; van Alphen, Joris; van Alen, Theo; Meyers-Muñoz, María Angélica; De Voogd, Nicole J.; Tuti, Yosephine; van der Velde, Gerard (2016). "Phylogenetic relationships within the Phyllidiidae (Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia)". ZooKeys. 605: 1–35. doi:10.3897/zookeys.605.7136. hdl:2066/162017.
  5. ^ Jack Chen (2019). "Phyllidia babai,Baba's Phyllidia". Oceancreature. Retrieved 27 February 2022.

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