Phyllodesmium briareum
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| Phyllodesmium briareum | |
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| Phyllodesmium briareum, head end towards the right | |
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| 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) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Ennoia briareus Bergh, 1896 | |
Phyllodesmium briareum is a species of sea slug, an aolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Facelinidae.
Phyllodesmium briareum (one specimen at the bottom of the image) looks very similar to the soft coral Briareum violaceum (at the top of the image).
Distribution
The distribution of Phyllodesmium briareum includes Indo-Pacific and Australia.[1]
Description
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]
Ecology
Phyllodesmium briareum feeds on Briareidae.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Wagner D., Kahng S. E. & Toonen R. J. (2009). "Observations on the life history and feeding ecology of a specialized nudibranch predator (Phyllodesmium poindimiei), with implications for biocontrol of an invasive octocoral (Carijoa riisei) in Hawaii". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 372(1-2): 64-74. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2009.02.007. PDF.
- Rudman W.B. (1991) Further studies on the taxonomy and biology of the octocoral-feeding genus Phyllodesmium Ehrenberg, 1831 (Nudibranchia: Aeolidoidea). Journal of Molluscan Studies 57: 167-203.
External links
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- Phyllodesmium briareum (Bergh, 1896) at the SeaSlug Forum
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