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Phyllodesmium iriomotense

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Species of gastropod

Phyllodesmium iriomotense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Myrrhinidae
Genus: Phyllodesmium
Species: P. iriomotense
Binomial name
Phyllodesmium iriomotense
Baba, 1991

Phyllodesmium iriomotense is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.

The specific name iriomotense refers to its type locality, the island Iriomote.

Distribution

The type locality of this species is Iriomote, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. It has also been reported from Okinawa and Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Description

The length of the slug is 20 mm. This species does not contain zooxanthellae.

Ecology

Phyllodesmium iriomotense was found on a thread like alcyonarian which is probably its food.

References

  1. ^ 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. 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.
  3. Bouchet, P. (2015). Phyllodesmium iriomotense. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-06
  4. Rudman, W.B., 1998 (August 5) Phyllodesmium iriomotense Baba, 1991. Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Taxon identifiers
Phyllodesmium iriomotense
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