Phyllidia
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Phyllidia is a genus
of sea slugs, dorid nudibranch
s, shell-less marine
gastropod molluscs in the family
Phyllidiidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea slugs, dorid nudibranch
Nudibranch
A nudibranch is a member of what is now a taxonomic clade, and what was previously a suborder, of soft-bodied, marine gastropod mollusks which shed their shell after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colors and striking forms...
s, shell-less marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod molluscs in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Phyllidiidae
Phyllidiidae
Phyllidiidae is a family of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Phyllidioidea.This family is within the clade Euctenidiacea .-Distribution:...
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Species
Species in the genus Phyllidia include:- Phyllidia alyta Yonow, 1996
- Phyllidia babaiPhyllidia babaiPhyllidia babai is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.Specific name babai is in honor of Japanese malacologist Kikutaro Baba.- Distribution :...
Brunckhorst, 1993 - Phyllidia carlsonhoffi Brunckhorst, 1993
- Phyllidia cf. babai Brunckhorst, 1993
- Phyllidia cf. varicosa
- Phyllidia coelestis BerghRudolph BerghRudolph Bergh , full name Ludvig Sophus Rudolph Bergh, was a Danish physician and malacologist. He worked in Copenhagen....
, 1905 - Phyllidia depressa Aradas, 1847
- Phyllidia elegansPhyllidia elegansPhyllidia elegans is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.- Distribution :...
BerghRudolph BerghRudolph Bergh , full name Ludvig Sophus Rudolph Bergh, was a Danish physician and malacologist. He worked in Copenhagen....
, 1869 - Phyllidia exquisita Brunckhorst, 1993
- Phyllidia flavaPhyllidia flavaPhyllidia flava is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae....
Aradas, 1847 - Phyllidia goslineri Brunckhorst, 1993
- Phyllidia koehleri Perrone, 2000
- Phyllidia madangensis Brunckhorst, 1993
- Phyllidia multifaria Yonow, 1986
- Phyllidia ocellataPhyllidia ocellataPhyllidia ocellata is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.- Distribution :This species is widely distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific Ocean the Red Sea.-Description:...
CuvierGeorges CuvierGeorges Chrétien Léopold Dagobert Cuvier or Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier , known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist...
, 1804 - Phyllidia orstomi Valdés, 2001
- Phyllidia polkadotsa Brunckhorst, 1993
- Phyllidia pustulosa Cuvier, 1804 : type species
- Phyllidia schupporum Fahrner & Schrödl, 2000
- Phyllidia scottjohnsoni Brunckhorst, 1993
- Phyllidia tula Marcus & Marcus, 1970
- Phyllidia undula Yonow, 1990
- Phyllidia varicosaPhyllidia varicosaPhyllidia varicosa is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.- Distribution :...
Lamarck, 1801 - Phyllidia willani Brunckhorst, 1993
- Phyllidia zebrina BabaKikutaro Babawas a Japanese malacologist. He was the leading researcher on sea slugs and bubble snails, opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in Japan.- Biography :* 1932-1941 Kyushu University* 1948-1949 Osaka Kyoiku University* 1976 - Order of the Rising Sun...
, 1976