Phestilla melanobrachia | |
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An orange individual of Phestilla melanobrachia, head end towards the left | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
Family: | Trinchesiidae |
Genus: | Phestilla |
Species: | P. melanobrachia
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Binomial name | |
Phestilla melanobrachia | |
Synonyms | |
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Phestilla melanobrachia is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trinchesiidae. [2]
There are two known colour forms of Phestilla melanobrachia, black and orange. [3] Both of these feed on corals in the family Dendrophylliidae [4] and have been found to be genetically identical. [5]
This species was described from the Philippines. [1] It has been reported from Hong Kong and Japan to Malaysia and East to Australia. [3]
Phestilla melanobrachia | |
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An orange individual of Phestilla melanobrachia, head end towards the left | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
Family: | Trinchesiidae |
Genus: | Phestilla |
Species: | P. melanobrachia
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Binomial name | |
Phestilla melanobrachia | |
Synonyms | |
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Phestilla melanobrachia is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trinchesiidae. [2]
There are two known colour forms of Phestilla melanobrachia, black and orange. [3] Both of these feed on corals in the family Dendrophylliidae [4] and have been found to be genetically identical. [5]
This species was described from the Philippines. [1] It has been reported from Hong Kong and Japan to Malaysia and East to Australia. [3]