Biology:Phyllidia alyta

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Phyllidia alyta
Phyllidia-alyta.jpg
The nudibranch Phyllidia alyta, head end towards the left, Unawatuna, Sri Lanka.
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Phyllidioidea
Family: Phyllidiidae
Genus: Phyllidia
Species:
P. alyta
Binomial name
Phyllidia alyta
Yonow, 1996[1]

Phyllidia alyta is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.[2]

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.[3]

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.[3]

Diet

This species feeds on sponges.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q14094380 entry