Phyllodesmium crypticum
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| Phyllodesmium crypticum from Bitung, North Sulawesi, head end towards the right | |
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clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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P. crypticum
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| Phyllodesmium crypticum |
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Phyllodesmium cryptica |
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Phyllodesmium crypticum is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from Angourie, northern New South Wales, Australia. It has been reported from Indonesia and the Red Sea.[3]
Description
Phyllodesmium crypticum uses camouflage and looks like the soft coral Xenia amongst which it is normally found. The length of the slug is 45-60 mm. This species contains zooxanthellae and has cerata which have a most distinctive shape. They are dorso-ventrally flattened and quadrangular in cross-section. A row of nodules runs up each of the four edges of the ceras and there are also scattered nodules on the two flat sides.[1]
Ecology
Phyllodesmium crypticum feeds on Xenia.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rudman W. B. (1981). "The anatomy and biology of alcyonarian-feeding aeolid opistobranch molluscs and their development of symbiosis with zooxanthellae". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 72(3): 219-262. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1981.tb01571.x.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bouchet, P., 2015. Phyllodesmium crypticum Rudman, 1981. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-06
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rudman, W.B., 1998 (October 11) Phyllodesmium crypticum Rudman, 1981. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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