Phyllodesmium magnum | |
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Phyllodesmium magnum, a nudibranch which 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 aolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Facelinidae.
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The distribution of Phyllodesmium magnum includes Australia, New Caledonia, Marshall Islands, Hong Kong, North Kermadec and Guam.[2]
The length of the slug is 12-130 mm.[2]
This species contains zooxanthellae.[2]
Phyllodesmium magnum feeds on soft coral Sinularia sp.[2]