''Phyllidia ocellata'' is a
species of
sea slug, a dorid
nudibranch, a shell-less
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the family
Phyllidiidae.
[Bouchet, P. (2015)]
''Phyllidia ocellata'' Cuvier, 1804.
In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-11-01
Distribution
This species is probably confined to the central
Indo-West Pacific Ocean. It is common in
Indonesia and occurs from
Malaysia to the
Solomon Islands.
Description
This animal can measure up to 35 mm in length. It has been confused with ''
Phyllidia japonica'', ''
Phyllidia multituberculata'' and ''
Phyllidia undula'' and a number of other species by most workers.
[Yonow, N. 1996. Systematic Revision of the Family Phyllidiidae in the Indian Ocean Province: Part 1 (Opisthobranchia: Nudibranchia: Doridoidea). Journal of Conchology 35: 483-516.] This nudibranch has an orange-brown dorsum interrupted by large white or grey, compound, stalked tubercles. These tubercles are distributed along a line from between the rhinophores to the tail, with more scattered and mostly smaller tubercles towards the mantle edge. There are four black rings surrounding tubercles which are placed symmetrically in the middle region of the back. Large individuals may have two more black patches towards the tail, or two more tubercles surrounded by black rings. A single tubercle in front of the rhinophores is also surrounded by a black ring. The rhinophores are orange-yellow.
File:Phyllidia ocellata3.jpg, ''Phyllidia ocellata'' at Verde Island
Verde Island is a volcanic island situated along the bodies of Isla Verde Passage, Verde Island Passage between the islands of Luzon and Mindoro, Philippines. It was in 1988 when a small village was connected to mains electricity through the eff ...
, the Philippines.
Ecology
Like many nudibranchs, ''Phyllidia ocellata'' feeds on
sponges
Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through ...
.
References
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Phyllidiidae
Gastropods described in 1804
Taxa named by Georges Cuvier