Phyllidia rueppelii

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

Phyllidia rueppelii
The nudibranch Phyllidia rueppelii, Sharm el Sheikh, Red Sea, Egypt
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea

clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Phyllidioidea
Family:
Phyllidiidae
Genus:
Phyllidia
Species:
P. rueppelii
Binomial name
Phyllidia rueppelii
(Bergh, 1869)[1]

Distribution

This species was described from the Red Sea. It has been reported from the Gulf of Oman.[3]

References
  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. Bouchet, P. (2015). Phyllidia rueppelii (Bergh, 1869). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-31.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (July 15) Fryeria rueppelii Bergh, 1869. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

Further reading
  • Brunckhorst, D.J. 1993. The Systematics and Phylogeny of Phyllidiid Nudibranchs (Doridoidea). Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia.
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