Biology:Phyllodesmium undulatum

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Phyllodesmium undulatum
Phyllodesmium undulatum.jpg
Phyllodesmium undulatum.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Family:
Subfamily:
Favorininae
Genus:
Species:
P. undulatum
Binomial name
Phyllodesmium undulatum
Moore & Gosliner, 2014[1]

Phyllodesmium undulatum is a species of sea slugs, 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. 1.0 1.1 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
  2. Gofas, S. (2015). Phyllodesmium undulatum. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-06

Wikidata ☰ Q22286332 entry