Phyllidia babai
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| image_caption = A live individual of Phyllidia babai, head end towards the left
| taxon = Phyllidia babai
| authority = Brunckhorst, 1993{{cite journal |last1=Brunckhorst |first1=David J. |year=1993 |title=The systematics and phylogeny of phyllidiid nudibranchs (Doridoidea) |journal=Records of the Australian Museum |series=Supplement |volume=16 |pages=1–107 |doi=10.3853/j.0812-7387.16.1993.79|doi-access=free }}
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Phyllidia babai is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.
The specific name babai is in honor of Kikutaro Baba, Japanese malacologist.
Distribution
The holotype of this species was collected at Lion Island, Papua New Guinea, {{coords|-9.536|147.272}}. It has also been reported from North Sulawesi, Lembeh Strait, southern Queensland, Australia, South Korea and rarely on Okinawa. A number of similar coloured species have been found but are probably not yet named.
Description
This nudibranch has a cream to light yellow coloured dorsum with white tubercles in the center of black rings and the mantle finely edged in yellow. The clavus of each rhinophore has 21 to 24 lamellae, and the rhinophoral pocket is trimmed in white. Its white-coloured, pointed, oral tentacles have lateral grooves, and they also are trimmed in yellow. The ventral surface is a pale cream colour.{{cite web|author=Rudman, W.B. |url=http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/phylbaba |date=1999|title=Phyllidia babai |publisher=The Sea Slug Forum, Australian Museum, Sydney |accessdate=2010-07-30}}
Diet
This species has been observed feeding on the yellow sponge Acanthella stipata.{{cite web |url=http://www.jackchen7003.com/nudibranch/phyllidia-babaibabas-phyllidia.html |title=Phyllidia babai,Baba's Phyllidia |author= Jack Chen |date=2019 |work=Oceancreature |access-date=27 February 2022}}
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book|last=Coleman |first=N.|title=1001 nudibranchs, catalogue of the Indo-Pacific sea slugs|publisher=Neville Coleman's Underwater Geographic Pty.|year=2001|pages=144 p}}
- {{cite book|last=Colin |first=Patrick Lynn|author2=Charles Arneson|title=Tropical Pacific Invertebrates, a field guide to the marine invertebrates occurring on tropical Pacific coral reefs, seagrass beds and mangroves|publisher=Coral Reef Press|location=Beverly Hills|year=1995|volume=vii|pages=296 p}}
- {{cite book|last=Debelius|first=H.|title=Nudibranchs and sea snails Indo-Pacific field guide|publisher=IKAN Underwasserarchiv |year=1996|page=321}}
- {{cite journal|last=Fahrner|first=Alexander |author2=Lothar A. Beck|year=2000|title=Identification key to the Indo-Pacific species of the nudibranch family Phyllidiidae Rafinesque 1814, including the description of two new species (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) |journal=Archiv für Molluskenkunde|volume=128|issue=1–2|pages=189–211|doi=10.1127/arch.moll/128/2000/189 }}
- {{cite book|last=Gosliner|first=T.M. |author2=D.W. Behrens |author3=G.C. Williams|title=Coral reef animals of the Indo-Pacific|publisher=Sea Challengers|year=1996|volume=vi|page=314}}
- {{cite book|last=Marshall |first=J.G.|author2=Richard C. Willan|title=Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. A survey of the Opisthobranchia (sea slugs) of Heron and Wistari Reefs|publisher=Backhuys Publishers|location=Leiden|year=1999|page=257}}
- {{cite book|last=Masuda|first=Hajime|title=Guide book to marine life|publisher=Tokai University Press|year=1999|page=404|chapter=Nudibranchia pp. 89-136}} (in Japanese)
- {{cite book|last=Nakano|first=Rie|title=Opisthobranchs of Japan Islands|publisher=Rutles Inc.|page=199}} (in Japanese)
- {{cite book|last=Ono|first=Atsushi|title=Opisthobranchs of Kerama Islands|publisher=TBS-Britannica Co. Ltd.|year=1999|page=122}} (in Japanese)
- {{cite book|last=Ono |first=Atsushi|title=Opisthobranchs of Ryukyu Islands|publisher=Rutles Inc.|year=2004|page = 206}} (in Japanese)
- {{cite book|last=Suzuki|first=Keiu|title=Opisthobranchs of Izu Peninsula|publisher=TBS-Britannica Co. Ltd.|year=2000|page = 113}} (in Japanese)
- {{cite book|last=Tonozuka|first=Takamasa|title= Opisthobranchs of Bali and Indonesia|publisher=Hankyu Communications Co. Ltd.|year=2003|page=115}} (in Japanese)