Phyllidia polkadotsa

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Phyllidia polkadotsa
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Phyllidiidae
Genus: Phyllidia
Species:
P. polkadotsa
Binomial name
Phyllidia polkadotsa
Brunckhorst, 1993[1]

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

This species was described from the Hawaiian Islands.[3]

Description

This nudibranch has a yellow or orange coloured dorsum with large round black spots which are surrounded by a paler, translucent, ring. There are three longitudinal ridges along the back and small, scattered, tubercles.[3][4]

Diet

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