Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Facelinidae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Aeolidioidea Subfamily Favorininae | |
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Scientific name Phyllodesmium macphersonae Similar Phyllodesmium crypticum, Phyllodesmium kabiranum, Phyllodesmium magnum, Phyllodesmium briareum, Hypselodoris maritima | ||
Phyllodesmium macphersonae is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.
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Distribution
The distribution of Phyllodesmium macphersonae includes Australia, Tanzania and Japan.
Description
The length of the slug is 4-35 mm. This species contains zooxanthellae.
Ecology
Phyllodesmium macphersonae feeds on an octocoral.
References
Phyllodesmium macphersonae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA