Phyllodesmium jakobsenae | |
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Heterobranchia
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Euthyneura |
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Species: | P. jakobsenae
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Phyllodesmium jakobsenae Burghardt & Wägele, 2004
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Phyllodesmium jakobsenae is a species of sea slug, an aolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Facelinidae. [2]
The specific name jakobsenae is in honor of diver and donor of marine slugs for research, Mrs. Wera Jakobsen. [1]
The distribution of Phyllodesmium jakobsenae includes Bunaken Island, North Sulawesi, Indonesia and the Philippines. [3]
This species contains zooxanthellae of the genus Symbiodinium in the digestive gland ( hepatopancreas). It grows to 30 mm in length. [1]
Phyllodesmium jakobsenae feeds on the soft coral Xenia.
Phyllodesmium jakobsenae | |
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![]() | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Phylum: | |
Class: | |
(unranked): | clade
Heterobranchia
clade
Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | |
Family: | |
Subfamily: | |
Genus: | |
Species: | P. jakobsenae
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Binomial name | |
Phyllodesmium jakobsenae Burghardt & Wägele, 2004
[1]
|
Phyllodesmium jakobsenae is a species of sea slug, an aolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Facelinidae. [2]
The specific name jakobsenae is in honor of diver and donor of marine slugs for research, Mrs. Wera Jakobsen. [1]
The distribution of Phyllodesmium jakobsenae includes Bunaken Island, North Sulawesi, Indonesia and the Philippines. [3]
This species contains zooxanthellae of the genus Symbiodinium in the digestive gland ( hepatopancreas). It grows to 30 mm in length. [1]
Phyllodesmium jakobsenae feeds on the soft coral Xenia.