Phyllodesmium orientale
| Phyllodesmium orientale | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Aeolidioidea |
| Family: | Facelinidae |
| Subfamily: | Favorininae |
| Genus: | Phyllodesmium |
| Species: | P. orientale |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllodesmium orientale Baba, 1991[1] | |
Phyllodesmium orientale is a species of small sea slug, an aolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Facelinidae.
Distribution
The distribution of Phyllodesmium orientale includes Japan.[2][1] The type locality is Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan.[1]
Description
The length of the slug is 25 mm.[2]
This species contains zooxanthellae.[2]
Ecology
Phyllodesmium orientale has been found on soft coral Xenia[2] so it can be probably its food.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Baba K. (1991). "Taxonomical study of some species of the genus Phyllodesmium from Cape Muroto-misaki, Shikoku, and Okinawa Province, Southern Japan (Nudibranchia: Facelinidae)". Venus 50(2): 109-124. 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.