Phyllidia multituberculata

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| authority = C. R. Boettger, 1918Boettger, Caesar Rudolf (1918). [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48256715 Die von Dr. H. Merton auf den Aru- und Kei- Inseln gesammelten Wassermollusken. Abhandlungen Herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.] Frankfurt-am-Main 35:125-145, pls. 8-9, [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48256719 page 129], [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48256739 taf. 8].

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Phyllidia multituberculata is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.Bouchet, P. (2015). [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536625 Phyllidia multituberculata C. R. Boettger, 1918.] In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-30.

Distribution

This species was described from Pulu Bambu in the Aru Islands, south-west of Papua New Guinea. It has been reported from the Indian Ocean.Yonow N. (2012) [https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.197.1728 Opisthobranchs from the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species and ten new records (Mollusca, Gastropoda).] ZooKeys 197: 1–129.

Description

This species has previously been confused with Phyllidia ocellata.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 species is bilaterally symmetric and reproduces sexually.{{Cite web |title=Phyllidia multituberculata C. R. Boettger 1918 data - Encyclopedia of Life |url=https://eol.org/pages/46450242/data |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=eol.org}}

Diet

This species feeds on a sponge.

References

Category:Phyllidiidae

Category:Gastropods described in 1918