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Phyllodesmium undulatum

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Phyllodesmium undulatum
Phyllodesmium undulatum.
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P. undulatum
Binomial name
Phyllodesmium undulatum
Moore & Gosliner, 2014[1]

Phyllodesmium undulatum is a species of sea slugs, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from Waterfall Bay, Pulau Tioman, Malaysia. Also known from Sepok, on Maricaban Island off southern Luzon, Philippines and near Ikei-shima in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. There is one photograph of this species from Manado, Indonesia, taken by Pauline Fiene in 1991, but there are no specimens available from this region.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Moore E. & Gosliner T. (2014). Additions to the genus Phyllodesmium, with a phylogenetic analysis and its implications to the evolution of symbiosis. The Veliger. 51(4): 237-251. page(s): 238-242
  2. ^ Gofas, S. (2015). Phyllodesmium undulatum. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-06