Phyllodesmium macphersonae

Phyllodesmium macphersonae
Phyllodesmium macphersonae
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. macphersonae
Binomial name
Phyllodesmium macphersonae
(Burn, 1962)
Synonyms[1]

Cratena macphersonae Burn, 1962

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

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Distribution

The distribution of Phyllodesmium macphersonae includes Australia, Tanzania and Japan.[1]

Description

The length of the slug is 4-35 mm.[1]

This species contains zooxanthellae.[1]

Ecology

Phyllodesmium macphersonae feeds on some unknown food.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e 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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