Phyllodesmium hyalinum
Phyllodesmium hyalinum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Aeolidioidea |
Family: | Facelinidae |
Subfamily: | Favorininae |
Genus: | Phyllodesmium |
Species: | P. hyalinum |
Binomial name | |
Phyllodesmium hyalinum Ehrenberg, 1831 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Phyllodesmium hyalinum is a species of sea slug, an aolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Facelinidae.
Phyllodesmium hyalinum is the type species of the genus Phyllodesmium.[2]
Distribution
The distribution of Phyllodesmium hyalinum includes Pacific, Red Sea, Tanzania, Australia, Japan, Philippines and Marshall islands.[1]
Description
The length of the slug is 14-45 mm.[1] It is a pale pink-blue, mottled species, with loosely spaced cerata.[3]
This species contains zooxanthellae.[1]
Ecology
Habitat of Phyllodesmium hyalinum is diverse, among shallow coral reefs.[3]
Phyllodesmium hyalinum feeds on Xenia, Xenia umbellata, Heteroxenia fuscescens.[1] This species is more frequently recorded as an incidental to research carried out on its prey species, the alcyonarians Xenia and Heteroxenia.[3] It is camouflaged by the similarity of its cerata to the tentacles of these corals.[3]
References
This article includes CC-BY-SA-3.0 text from the reference [3]
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Burghardt I. & Wägele H. (2004). "A new solar powered species of the genus Phyllodesmium Ehrenberg, 1831 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Aeolidoidea) from Indonesia with analysis of its photosynthetic activity and notes on biology". Zootaxa 596: 1-18. PDFt.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 WoRMS (2010). Phyllodesmium hyalinum Ehrenberg. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221074 on 2011-01-07
- 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.
- Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp