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Phyllodesmium kabiranum

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Aeolidioidea

Subfamily
  
Favorininae

Scientific name
  
Phyllodesmium kabiranum

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Facelinidae

Genus
  
Phyllodesmium

Phylum
  
Mollusca

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Similar
  
Phyllodesmium, Phyllodesmium crypticum, Phyllodesmium rudmani, Phyllodesmium magnum, Phyllodesmium briareum

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

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Distribution

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

Description

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

This species contains zooxanthellae.

Ecology

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

References

Phyllodesmium kabiranum Wikipedia