Phyllidia marindica

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

Phyllidia marindica
The nudibranch Phyllidia marindica, Diani Beach, Kenya.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Superfamily:	Phyllidioidea
Family:	Phyllidiidae
Genus:	Phyllidia
Species:	P. marindica
Binomial name
Phyllidia marindica (Yonow & Hayward, 1991) [1]
Synonyms
Reyfria marindica Yonow & Hayward, 1991 Fryeria marindica (Yonow & Hayward, 1991)

Distribution

This common species was described from Mauritius. It has been reported from the South Africa to Thailand and north-west Australia.^[3]

Description

This nudibranch has a pattern of black on the dorsum interrupted by large yellow-capped tubercles surrounded by pale blue rings which join between the tubercles along the midline. The blue areas coalesce towards the edge of the mantle and the tubercles become small and increasingly numerous, without any yellow caps. The rhinophores are yellow.^[3]

Diet

This species feeds on a sponge.