Husbandry
Phyllaplysia padinae Williams & Gosliner, 1973
Phyllaplysia padinae is olive-green to brownish green with random white spots.Some individuals are scattered brown spot,somespecies have a few variably shaped papillae,some with multiple tips.
The name "padinae" refers to the brown algae Padina durvillae on which Phyllaplysia padinae lives and on that it feeds.
Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Anaspidea (Order) > Aplysioidea (Superfamily) > Aplysiidae (Family) > Phyllaplysia (Genus) > Phyllaplysia padinae (Species)
Phyllaplysia padinae is olive-green to brownish green with random white spots.Some individuals are scattered brown spot,somespecies have a few variably shaped papillae,some with multiple tips.
The name "padinae" refers to the brown algae Padina durvillae on which Phyllaplysia padinae lives and on that it feeds.
Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Anaspidea (Order) > Aplysioidea (Superfamily) > Aplysiidae (Family) > Phyllaplysia (Genus) > Phyllaplysia padinae (Species)