Phyllodesmium undulatum is a species of sea slugs, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2]
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | P. undulatum
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| Phyllodesmium undulatum Moore & Gosliner, 2014[1]
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Distribution edit
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 edit
- ^ 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
- ^ Gofas, S. (2015). Phyllodesmium undulatum. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-06