Phyllodesmium iriomotense

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

Phyllodesmium iriomotense
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. iriomotense
Binomial name
Phyllodesmium iriomotense
Baba, 1991[1]

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

Distribution

The type locality of this species is Iriomote, Ryukyu Islands, Japan.[1] It has also been reported from Okinawa and Sulawesi, Indonesia.[3]

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