Phyllidiopsis loricata
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| Phyllidiopsis loricata | |
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| Phyllidiopsis loricata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Phyllidiidae |
| Genus: | Phyllidiopsis |
| Species: | P. loricata |
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| Phyllidiopsis loricata | |
Phyllidiopsis loricata 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 Tahiti. It has been reported from the Great Barrier Reef, Timor Sea (northern Australia), Guam, the Marshall Islands and Enewetok Atoll.[3] Specimens from Réunion in the Indian Ocean may be a different species.[3]