Phyllidia guamensis

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

Phyllidia guamensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Superfamily:	Phyllidioidea
Family:	Phyllidiidae
Genus:	Phyllidia
Species:	P. guamensis
Binomial name
Phyllidia guamensis (Brunckhorst, 1993)[1]
Synonyms
Fryeria guamensis Brunckhorst, 1993

Distribution

This rare species was described from Guam. It has been reported from the Northern Mariana Islands and the Marquesas Islands.^[3]

Description

This nudibranch has a black dorsum with large yellow-capped tubercles surrounded by pale blue rings. Towards the edge of the mantle these tubercles become small and increasingly numerous, without any yellow caps. The rhinophores are yellow.^[3]

Diet

This species feeds on a sponge.