Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Aeolidioidea Subfamily Favorininae Scientific name Phyllodesmium serratum Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Facelinidae Genus Phyllodesmium Phylum Mollusca | |
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Similar Phyllodesmium, Cadlinella ornatissima, Phyllodesmium poindimiei, Acanthodoris lutea, Janolus barbarensis | ||
Phyllodesmium serratum is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.
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Phyllodesmium serratum oumijima
Distribution
The distribution of Phyllodesmium serratum includes Australia and Japan. It has been erroneously synonymised with Phyllodesmium horridum by some authors but does not occur in Africa.
Description
The length of the slug is usually 10-25 mm, but its length can reach up to 40 mm.
This species contains no zooxanthellae.
Ecology
Phyllodesmium serratum feeds on the soft corals Cornularia sp., Clavularia sp., Carijoa sp. and Steronephthya sp.
References
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