Phyllidiella sp.

Papu, Adelfia, Bogdanov, AleXander, Bara, Robert, Kehraus, Stefan, König, Gabriele M., YonoW, Nathalie & Wägele, Heike, 2022, Phyllidiidae (Nudibranchia, Heterobranchia, Gastropoda): an integrative taxonomic approach including chemical analyses, Organisms Diversity & Evolution (New York, N. Y.) 22 (3), pp. 585-629 : 616

Phyllidiella sp. d

The ten specimens united in Phyllidiella sp. d (Fig. 11.3a–d) are externally quite different from each other. They have a notum covered by clusters of pink to grey low, conical tubercles surrounded by a network of narrow black lines. Sometimes, these lines form an X-shape on the central part of the notum. In one specimen (Phpu18Po3, Fig. 11.3c), the tubercles in the central part are arranged in a hexagonal pattern. There is a horizontal black line just anterior to the rhinophores. A white–pink mantle margin is present in all specimens. Each rhinophore arises from a compound pink to white or grey tubercle and is surrounded by a distinct sheath. The oral tentacles are white to pink with black tips. Two of our specimens (Phpu18Po3, Fig. 11.3c; Phpu18Bl5, Fig. 11.3d) resemble specimens of Phyllidiella nobilis illustrated from Thailand by Bergh (1904: pl. 2, fig. 15). This clade is supported by the highest bootstrap values in all analyses (100).