Phyllodesmium macphersonae

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

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)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Cratena macphersonae Burn, 1962

Distribution

The distribution of Phyllodesmium macphersonae includes Australia, Tanzania and Japan.[3]

Description

The length of the slug is 4–35 mm. This species contains zooxanthellae.[3]

Ecology

Phyllodesmium macphersonae feeds on an octocoral.[4]

References
  1. Burn, R., 1962. Descriptions of Victorian nudibranchiate mollusca, with a comprehensive review of the Eolidacea . Memoirs of the National Museum, Victoria, 25 : 95-128.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Phyllodesmium macphersonae. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-07
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2001 (April 29) Phyllodesmium macphersonae (Burn, 1962). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Jan 25). Comment on Phyllodesmium macphersonae - first feeding record by John Chuk. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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