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Phyllidiella nigra Black Phyllidiella

Phyllidiella nigra is commonly referred to as Black Phyllidiella. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping.

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lexID:
8145 
AphiaID:
536691 
Scientific:
Phyllidiella nigra 
German:
Schwarze Phyllidiella 
English:
Black Phyllidiella 
Category:
Limaces de mer 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Phyllidiidae (Family) > Phyllidiella (Genus) > nigra (Species) 
Initial determination:
(van Hasselt, ), 1824 
Occurrence:
Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Papua New Guinea, Sulawesi, Thailand, Western Pacific Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 
Sea depth:
1 - 6 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.98" - 2.95" (2.5cm - 7.5cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Food specialist, Sponges 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-06-27 20:32:09 

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Phyllidiella nigra (van Hasselt, 1824)

The body is black with rounded dark pink to red tubercles (isolated or in small clumps.Black Phyllidiella is widespread in the Indo-west Pacific and can found on shallow coral reefs at depths of about 1-6 m.

Very similar are a lot of Phyllidiella and Phyllidiopsis sea slugs.

Nudibranchs of the family Phyllidiidae feed exclusively on sponges.

Synonymised names
Phyllidia bataviae Pruvot-Fol, 1957 · unaccepted
Phyllidia nigra van Hasselt, 1824 · unaccepted (original combination)
Phyllidia serenei Risbec, 1956 · unaccepted
Phyllidia sereni [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)

External links

  1. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Phyllidiella nigra, Copyright by Franka und Mäge Wermuth
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Phyllidiella nigra,Amphoe Khura Buri, Chang Wat Phang-nga, Thailand 2020

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