Phyllodesmium undulatum
| Phyllodesmium undulatum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Aeolidioidea |
| Family: | Facelinidae |
| Subfamily: | Favorininae |
| Genus: | Phyllodesmium |
| Species: | P. undulatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllodesmium undulatum Moore & Gosliner, 2014[1] | |
Phyllodesmium undulatum is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from Waterfall Bay, Pulau Tioman, Malaysia. Also known from Sepok, on Maricaban Island off southern Luzon, Philippines and near Ikei-shima in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. There is one photograph of this species from Manado, Indonesia, taken by Pauline Fiene in 1991, but there are no specimens available from this region. [1]
References
- 1 2 Moore E. & Gosliner T. (2014). Additions to the genus Phyllodesmium, with a phylogenetic analysis and its implications to the evolution of symbiosis. The Veliger. 51(4): 237-251. page(s): 238-242
- ↑ Gofas, S. (2015). Phyllodesmium undulatum. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-06
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