Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Ringipleura > Superorder Nudipleura > Order Nudibranchia > Suborder Doridina > Infraorder Doridoidei > Superfamily Phyllidioidea > Family Phyllidiidae > Genus Phyllidia

Phyllidia flava Aradas, 1847

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Phyllidia*	Cuvier, 1797	accepted genus name
*Fryeria*	Gray, 1853	synonym

Species group names

*Phyllidia (Phyllidiopsis) pulitzeri*	Pruvot-Fol, 1963	synonym
*Phyllidia aurata*	Pruvot-Fol, 1952	synonym
*Phyllidia depressa*	Aradas, 1847	synonym
*Phyllidia papillosa*	Aradas, 1847	synonym
*Phyllidia pulitzeri*	Pruvot-Fol, 1963	synonym
*Phyllidia rolandiae*	Pruvot-Fol, 1951	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: white-spotted yellow nudibranch; white-spotted yellow wart slug sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

French: phyllidie jaune; phyllis à ponctuations blanches sources: DORIS: Données d'Observations pour la Reconnaissance et l'Identification de la faune et de la flore Subaquatiques.

German: Gelbe Warzenschnecke; Weißgefleckte Warzenschnecke; Weißgepunktete Warzenschnecke sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Italian: fillidia mediterranea

Literature

original description	Aradas A. (1847). Memorie di Zoologia Siciliana. Memoria III. Descrizione di alcuni molluschi nudi della Sicilia. Atti dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali, (2)4: 107-122, pl. 1
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Ortea J. & Moro L. (2017). Redescripcion de Staurodoris atypica Eliot, 1906 y nuevas citas de "lesmas do mar" (Mollusca: Heterobranchia) para las islas de Cabo Verde. Avicennia. 20: 15-20.
additional source	Brunckhorst D.J. (1993). The systematics and phylogeny of phyllidiid nudibranchs (Doridoidea. Records of the Australian Museum. suppl. 16: 1-108.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Phyllidia flava Aradas, 1847. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140774