Phyllodesmium rudmani
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| detail of cerata of Phyllodesmium rudmani | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | P. rudmani
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| Phyllodesmium rudmani Burghardt & Gosliner, 2006[1]
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Phyllodesmium rudmani is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.
The specific name rudmani is in honor of malacologist William B. Rudman.
Distribution
The distribution of Phyllodesmium rudmani includes North Sulawesi, Indonesia and Luzon, the Philippines.[1]
Description
The length of the slug is up to 45 mm. Its cerata are similar to (mimicry) closed polyps of soft coral of the genus Xenia.[2]
Phyllodesmium rudmani contain endosymbiotic zooxanthellae of the genus Symbiodinium.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Burghardt I. & Gosliner T. M. (2006). "Phyllodesmium rudmani (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Aeolidoidea), a new solar powered species from the Indo-West Pacific with data on its symbiosis with zooxanthellae". Zootaxa 1308: 31-47. abstract. full PDF. (subscription required)
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2007 (February 17) Phyllodesmium rudmani Burghardt & Gosliner, 2006. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Phyllodesmium rudmani.
- http://slugsite.us/bow2007/nudwk546.htm
- http://slugsite.us/bow/nudiwk05.htm
- Photos of Phyllodesmium rudmani on Sealife Collection