Phyllodesmium magnum
Species of gastropod
| Phyllodesmium magnum | |
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| Phyllodesmium magnum, a nudibranch which is rarely found by scuba divers. This one was observed in a diving site named Shi-Cheng, located in Northeast coast of Taiwan | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Aeolidioidea |
| Family: | Facelinidae |
| Subfamily: | Favorininae |
| Genus: | Phyllodesmium |
| Species: | P. magnum |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllodesmium magnum Rudman, 1991[1] | |
Phyllodesmium magnum is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from New Caledonia with additional material from NW Australia, the Marshall Islands and Hong Kong.[1] The distribution of Phyllodesmium magnum includes North Kermadec and Guam.[3]
Description
This species grows to 130 mm in length. It is one of the Phyllodesmium species which contain zooxanthellae.[1]
Ecology
Phyllodesmium magnum feeds on a soft coral Sinularia sp.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Rudman W. B. (1991). "Further studies on the taxonomy and biology of the octocoral-feeding genus Phyllodesmium Ehrenberg, 1831 (Nudibranchia: Aeolidacea)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 57(2): 167–203. abstract.
- ^ Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Phyllodesmium magnum. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-07
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 1999 (November 22) Phyllodesmium magnum Rudman, 1991. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
