Phyllidiopsis fissurata | |
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Phyllidiopsis fissurata, head end at the top | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Superfamily: | Phyllidioidea |
Family: | Phyllidiidae |
Genus: | Phyllidiopsis |
Species: | P. fissurata
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Binomial name | |
Phyllidiopsis fissurata Brunckhorst, 1993[1]
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Phyllidiopsis fissurata is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.[2][3]
Phyllidiopsis fissurata has been noted at the Great Barrier Reef, Fiji, and Lord Howe Island. Sometimes this nudibranch is found in Hawaii. This species is distributed throughout the central and western Pacific.[4]
Phyllidiopsis fissurata is approximately 5-8 centimeters long. The dorsal surface of the body has a black background with many tall, pink, tubercles. The rhinophores are black tipped and pink. There is a black line on the posterior edge of the rhinophores, which have a semitransparent film raised around them. The anal region is a smooth, tall, raised pink papilla.[5][6]