Phyllodesmium poindimiei

Phyllodesmium poindimiei
Phyllodesmium poindimiei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida

Superfamily: Aeolidioidea
Family: Facelinidae
Subfamily: Favorininae
Genus: Phyllodesmium
Species: P. poindimiei
Binomial name
Phyllodesmium poindimiei
(Risbec, 1928)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Aeolidia poindimiei
  • Phestilla poindimiei
  • (?) Phidiana tenuis

Phyllodesmium poindimiei is a species of sea slug, an aolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Facelinidae.

Distribution

The distribution of Phyllodesmium rudmani includes Australia, New Caledonia and Hawaii.[2]

Description

The length of the slug is 12-50 mm.[2]

This species contains no zooxanthellae.[2]

Ecology

Phyllodesmium poindimiei feeds on the invasive octocoral Carijoa riisei,[2] but it cannot be used as a biocontrol of this octocoral.[2] The crab Thalamita integra is a predator of Phyllodesmium poindimiei.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Risbec J. (1928). "Contribution á l'étude des nudibranches Néo-Calédoniens". Faune Colon. Fr. 2: 1-328.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 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.