Phyllodesmium kabiranum

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

Phyllodesmium kabiranum
Phyllodesmium kabiranum, head end towards the right
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. kabiranum
Binomial name
Phyllodesmium kabiranum
Baba, 1991[1]

Distribution

The type locality for Phyllodesmium kabiranum is Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan.[1] It has also been reported from the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia.[2]

Description

This is a large species of Phyllodesmium which has been reported to grow to 75 mm in length.[2]

This species contains zooxanthellae.

Ecology

The food species for Phyllodesmium kabiranum is a xeniid soft coral.

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. Rudman, W.B., 2002 (April 4) Phyllodesmium kabiranum Baba, 1991. [In Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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