Phyllodesmium magnum

Phyllodesmium magnum is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2]

Phyllodesmium magnum
Phyllodesmium magnum, a nudibranch which is rarely found by scuba divers. This one was observed in a diving site named Shi-Cheng, located in Northeast coast of Taiwan
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. magnum
Binomial name
Phyllodesmium magnum
Rudman, 1991[1]

Distribution

This species was described from New Caledonia with additional material from NW Australia, the Marshall Islands and Hong Kong.[1] The distribution of Phyllodesmium magnum includes North Kermadec and Guam.[3]

Description

This species grows to 130 mm in length. It is one of the Phyllodesmium species which contain zooxanthellae.[1]

Ecology

Phyllodesmium magnum feeds on a soft coral Sinularia sp.[1]

References
  1. Rudman W. B. (1991). "Further studies on the taxonomy and biology of the octocoral-feeding genus Phyllodesmium Ehrenberg, 1831 (Nudibranchia: Aeolidacea)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 57(2): 167–203. abstract.
  2. Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Phyllodesmium magnum. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-07
  3. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (November 22) Phyllodesmium magnum Rudman, 1991. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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