Phyllodesmium magnum | |
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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 | |
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Heterobranchia
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Euthyneura |
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Species: | P. magnum
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Phyllodesmium magnum |
Phyllodesmium magnum is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae. [2]
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]
This species grows to 130 mm in length. It is one of the Phyllodesmium species which contain zooxanthellae. [1]
Phyllodesmium magnum feeds on a soft coral Sinularia sp. [1]
Phyllodesmium magnum | |
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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: | |
Phylum: | |
Class: | |
(unranked): | clade
Heterobranchia
clade
Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | |
Family: | |
Subfamily: | |
Genus: | |
Species: | P. magnum
|
Binomial name | |
Phyllodesmium magnum |
Phyllodesmium magnum is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae. [2]
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]
This species grows to 130 mm in length. It is one of the Phyllodesmium species which contain zooxanthellae. [1]
Phyllodesmium magnum feeds on a soft coral Sinularia sp. [1]