Phyllidia elegans

Phyllidia elegans
A live individual of Phyllidia elegans, head end towards the right
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Phyllidioidea
Family: Phyllidiidae
Genus: Phyllidia
Species:
P. elegans
Binomial name
Phyllidia elegans
Bergh, 1869[1]

Phyllidia elegans, also known as the elegant phyllidia,[2] is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.[3] It is found in shallow water in the Red Sea and the tropical Indo-Pacific region.[4]

  1. ^ Bergh, L. S. R. 1869. Bidrag til en Monographi af Phyllidierne. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Stiftet af Henrik Kroyer, series 3, 5:357-542, pls. 14-24.
  2. ^ "Common Names List - Phyllidia elegans". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
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