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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Phyllidioidea |
Family: | Phyllidiidae |
Genus: | Phyllidiopsis |
Species: | P. blanca
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Binomial name | |
Phyllidiopsis blanca |
Phyllidiopsis blanca is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae. [2]
This species was described from San Nicolas Island, San Francisco, United States with additional specimens from Isla San Benitos, Baja California, Mexico. It is a rare species which has also been recorded from Palos Verdes and San Pedro. [3]
This nudibranch has a white dorsum with simple tubercles. It is a medium-sized Phyllidiid, growing to at least 25 mm in length.
This species feeds on the sponge Hymenamphiastra cyanocrypta. [4]
Phyllidiopsis blanca | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Phyllidioidea |
Family: | Phyllidiidae |
Genus: | Phyllidiopsis |
Species: | P. blanca
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Binomial name | |
Phyllidiopsis blanca |
Phyllidiopsis blanca is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae. [2]
This species was described from San Nicolas Island, San Francisco, United States with additional specimens from Isla San Benitos, Baja California, Mexico. It is a rare species which has also been recorded from Palos Verdes and San Pedro. [3]
This nudibranch has a white dorsum with simple tubercles. It is a medium-sized Phyllidiid, growing to at least 25 mm in length.
This species feeds on the sponge Hymenamphiastra cyanocrypta. [4]