Phyllodesmium guamense
Phyllodesmium guamense | |
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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. guamense |
Binomial name | |
Phyllodesmium guamense Avila, Ballesteros, Slattery, Starmer & Paul, 1998[1] | |
Phyllodesmium guamense is a species of sea slug, an aolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Facelinidae. [2]
The specific name guamense refer to the island Guam, its type locality.
Distribution
The distribution of Phyllodesmium guamense includes Guam.[1][3]
Description
The length of the slug is 8-48 mm.[3]
Phyllodesmium guamense uses camouflage and it looks like the soft coral Sinularia.[1]
This species contains zooxanthellae.[3]
Ecology
Phyllodesmium guamense feeds on Sinularia polydactyla, Sinularia maxima and Sinularia sp.[1][3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Avila C., Ballesteros M., Slattery M., Starmer J. & Paul V. J. (1998). "Phyllodesmium guamensis (Nudibranchia: Aeolidoidea), a new species from Guam (Micronesia)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 64: 147–160. abstract.
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2010). Phyllodesmium guamense Avila, Ballesteros, Slattery, Starmer & Paul, 1998. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456805 on 2012-06-05
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 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.
- Avila C., Ballesteros M., Slattery M., Starmer J. & Paul V.J. (1998) Phyllodesmium guamensis (Nudibranchia: Aeolidoidea), a new species from Guam (Micronesia). Journal of Molluscan Studies 64(2): 147–160.