PHYLLIDIOPSIS FISSURATA - (BRUNCKHORST, 1993)
Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Euctenidiacea (Suborder) > Doridacea (Infraorder) > Phyllidioidea (Superfamily) > Phyllidiidae (Family) > Phyllidiopsis (Genus)
Synonyme
Phyllidiopsis fissuratus (Brunckhorst, 1993)
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Phyllidiopsis fissurata is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.
Distribution
Phyllidiopsis fissurata has been noted at the Great Barrier Reef, Fiji, and Lord Howe Island. Sometimes this nudibranch is found in Hawaii. Reported from New Caledonia. This species is distributed throughout the central and western Pacific.
Description
Phyllidiopsis fissurata grows to about 79mm has black background to dorsum and many tall, pale pink tubercles. The rhinophores are pink with a black tip and a black line down the posterior edge. It also has a translucent raised rim around the raised rhinophore pockets and a smooth tall raised pink anal papilla.
Distribution
Phyllidiopsis fissurata has been noted at the Great Barrier Reef, Fiji, and Lord Howe Island. Sometimes this nudibranch is found in Hawaii. Reported from New Caledonia. This species is distributed throughout the central and western Pacific.
Two other species with similarly coloured rhinophores
Phyllidiopsis pipeki (Brunckhorst, 1993), which has bright pink colouration and consistently two straight black longitudinal lines only, rounded white tubercles (not multicompound).
Phyllidiopsis krempfi (Pruvot-Fol, 1957), Large species characterised by predominantly pink coloration, and broad based multicompound tubercles with paler apices. Apart from two primary longitudinal black lines, other black lines of variable size occur irregularly. Rhinophores pink on anterior face and around base, black on apex and posterior face.
Synonyme
Phyllidiopsis fissuratus (Brunckhorst, 1993)
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Phyllidiopsis fissurata is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.
Distribution
Phyllidiopsis fissurata has been noted at the Great Barrier Reef, Fiji, and Lord Howe Island. Sometimes this nudibranch is found in Hawaii. Reported from New Caledonia. This species is distributed throughout the central and western Pacific.
Description
Phyllidiopsis fissurata grows to about 79mm has black background to dorsum and many tall, pale pink tubercles. The rhinophores are pink with a black tip and a black line down the posterior edge. It also has a translucent raised rim around the raised rhinophore pockets and a smooth tall raised pink anal papilla.
Distribution
Phyllidiopsis fissurata has been noted at the Great Barrier Reef, Fiji, and Lord Howe Island. Sometimes this nudibranch is found in Hawaii. Reported from New Caledonia. This species is distributed throughout the central and western Pacific.
Two other species with similarly coloured rhinophores
Phyllidiopsis pipeki (Brunckhorst, 1993), which has bright pink colouration and consistently two straight black longitudinal lines only, rounded white tubercles (not multicompound).
Phyllidiopsis krempfi (Pruvot-Fol, 1957), Large species characterised by predominantly pink coloration, and broad based multicompound tubercles with paler apices. Apart from two primary longitudinal black lines, other black lines of variable size occur irregularly. Rhinophores pink on anterior face and around base, black on apex and posterior face.