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Phyllodesmium jakobsenae

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Species of gastropod

Phyllodesmium jakobsenae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Myrrhinidae
Genus: Phyllodesmium
Species: P. jakobsenae
Binomial name
Phyllodesmium jakobsenae
Burghardt & Wägele, 2004

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

The specific name jakobsenae is in honor of diver and donor of marine slugs for research, Mrs. Wera Jakobsen.

Distribution

The distribution of Phyllodesmium jakobsenae includes Bunaken Island, North Sulawesi, Indonesia and the Philippines.

Description

This species contains zooxanthellae of the genus Symbiodinium in the digestive gland (hepatopancreas). It grows to 30 mm in length.

Ecology

Phyllodesmium jakobsenae feeds on the soft coral Xenia.

References

  1. ^ Burghardt, I.; Wägele, H. (2004). "A new solar powered species of the genus Phyllodesmium Ehrenberg, 1831 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Aeolidoidea) from Indonesia with analysis of its photosynthetic activity and notes on biology". Zootaxa. 596 (1): 1–18. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.596.1.1.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Phyllodesmium jakobsenae. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-06
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2005 (September 1) Phyllodesmium jakobsenae Burghardt & Wagele, 2004. Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Taxon identifiers
Phyllodesmium jakobsenae
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