Phyllidia alyta

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| image_caption = The nudibranch Phyllidia alyta, head end towards the left, Unawatuna, Sri Lanka.

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| authority = Yonow, 1996{{cite journal |last1=Yonow |first1=Nathalie |year=1996 |title=Systematic revision of the family Phyllidiidae in the Indian Ocean province: Part 1 (Opisthobranchia: Nudibranchia: Doridoidea) |journal=Journal of Conchology |volume=35 |pages=483–516 |url=https://conchsoc.org/node/4933 }}

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Phyllidia alyta is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.

Distribution

This species was described from Ari Atoll, Maldives. It has been found in the Indian Ocean from the Maldives, Mauritius, Réunion, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.[http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/phylalyt Rudman, W.B., 1999 (November 23) Phyllidia alyta Yonow, 1996. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.]

Description

This nudibranch has a grey coloured dorsum with white tubercles in rows separated by four longitudinal black stripes. The rhinophores are yellow and some of the dorsal tubercles are tipped with yellow.

Diet

This species feeds on sponges.

References

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{{cite WoRMS |title=Phyllidia alyta Yonow, 1996 |year=2022 |id=599550 |db=Marine Mollusca |access-date=27 February 2022}}

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Category:Phyllidiidae

Category:Molluscs of the Indian Ocean

Category:Gastropods described in 1996