Phyllidiopsis xishaensis (G.-Y. Lin, 1983)
- Location
- Horse Shoes, Okinawa Island (Onna and Yomitan area), Okinawa, Japan
- Date
- 2015/05/14
- Length
- 10mm
- Depth
- 15.0m
- Water temperature
- 25.0℃
Description
A medium-sized phyllidiid in which the dorsum bears low, rounded tubercles arranged in fine longitudinal rows on a translucent white to pale-pink background, with thin black longitudinal lines running between the tubercle rows. The rhinophores are black. The mantle edge may show a pale yellow tinge, and the foot is rimmed with a fine pale orange line.Distribution
The type locality is the Xisha (Paracel) Islands in the South China Sea. The species is recorded across the western Pacific, including Indonesia (Raja Ampat), the Philippines and southern Japan.Etymology
The specific epithet xishaensis is a Latinised geographical adjective referring to the type locality, the Xisha (Paracel) Islands in the South China Sea.Remarks
Specimens of this species have often been illustrated under the name Phyllidiopsis striata Bergh, 1888 in field guides, and the relationship between the two names long remained uncertain. Molecular phylogenetic analyses recover this species as a strongly supported sister lineage to Phyllidiopsis krempfi.References
- シロウネイボウミウシ, 小野篤司. (1999). ウミウシガイドブック. TBSブリタニカ.
- フィリディオプシス・ストリアタ, 殿塚孝昌. (2003). ウミウシガイドブック〈3〉. TBSブリタニカ.
- シロウネイボウミウシ, 中野理枝. (2004). 本州のウミウシ. ラトルズ.
- シロウネイボウミウシ, 小野篤司. (2004). 沖縄のウミウシ. ラトルズ.
- シロウネイボウミウシ, 小野篤司 & 加藤昌一. (2009). ウミウシ. 誠文堂新光社.
- Phyllidiopsis striata, Terrence Gosliner, Ángel Valdés and David Behrens. (2015). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific. New World Pubns Inc.
- Phyllidiopsis xishaensis, Stoffels, B. E. M. W., van der Meij, S. E. T., Hoeksema, B. W., van Alphen, J., van Alen, T., Meyers-Muñoz, M. A., de Voogd, N. J., Tuti, Y. & van der Velde, G. (2016). Phylogenetic relationships within the Phyllidiidae (Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia). ZooKeys 605: 1-35. doi:10.3897/zookeys.605.7136
- シロウネイボウミウシ, 中野理枝. (2018). 日本のウミウシ. 文一総合出版.
- Phyllidiopsis striata, Terrence Gosliner, Ángel Valdés and David Behrens. (2018). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific 2nd Edition. New World Pubns Inc.
- P. xishaensis, Papu A., Bogdanov A., Bara R., Kehraus S., König G.M., Yonow N. & Wägele H. (2022). Phyllidiidae (Nudibranchia, Heterobranchia, Gastropoda): an integrative taxonomic approach including chemical analyses. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 22(3): 585-629. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-021-00535-7
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Terrence Gosliner, Ángel Valdés and David Behrens. (2018). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific 2nd Edition. New World Pubns Inc.
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