Phyllodesmium magnum
| 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.
Distribution
The distribution of Phyllodesmium magnum includes Australia, New Caledonia, Marshall Islands, Hong Kong, North Kermadec and Guam.[2]
Description
The length of the slug is 12-130 mm.[2]
This species contains zooxanthellae.[2]
Ecology
Phyllodesmium magnum feeds on soft coral Sinularia sp.[2]
References
- ↑ Rudman W. B. (1991). "Further studies on the taxonomy and biology of the octocoral-feeding genus Phyllodesmium Ehrenberg, 1831 (Nudibranchia: Aeolidacea)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 57(2): 167–203. abstract.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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.