| Phyllodesmium briareum | |
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| Phyllodesmium briareum | |
| Phyllodesmium briareum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Aeolidioidea |
| Family: | Facelinidae |
| Subfamily: | Favorininae |
| Genus: | Phyllodesmium |
| Species: | P. briareum |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllodesmium briareum (Bergh, 1896) |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Ennoia briareus Bergh, 1896 |
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Phyllodesmium briareum is a species of sea slug, an aolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Facelinidae.
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The distribution of Phyllodesmium briareum includes Indo-Pacific and Australia.[1]
The length of the slug is 7-25 mm.[1]
Phyllodesmium briareum uses camouflage and it looks like the soft coral Briareum violacea.
This species contains zooxanthellae.[1]
Phyllodesmium briareum feeds on Briareidae.[1]