Phyllodesmium rudmani
| Phyllodesmium rudmani | |
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| detail of cerata of Phyllodesmium rudmani | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Aeolidioidea |
| Family: | Facelinidae |
| Subfamily: | Favorininae |
| Genus: | Phyllodesmium |
| Species: | P. rudmani |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllodesmium rudmani Burghardt & Gosliner, 2006[1] | |
Phyllodesmium rudmani is a species of sea slug, an aolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Facelinidae.
The specific name rudmani is in honor of malacologist William B. Rudman.
Distribution
The distribution of Phyllodesmium rudmani includes North Sulawesi, Indonesia and Luzon, the Philippines.[1]
Description
The length of the slug is less than 45 mm.[2]
Its cerata are similar to (mimicry) closed polyps of soft coral of the genus Xenia.[1]
sort coral Xenia sp.
Phyllodesmium rudmani contain endosymbiotic zooxanthellae of the genus Symbiodinium.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Burghardt I. & Gosliner T. M. (2006). "Phyllodesmium rudmani (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Aeolidoidea), a new solar powered species from the Indo-West Pacific with data on its symbiosis with zooxanthellae". Zootaxa 1308: 31-47. abstract. full PDF. (subscription required)
- ↑ 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.
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