Phyllodesmium undulatum

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

Phyllodesmium undulatum
Phyllodesmium undulatum.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Aeolidioidea
Family:
Facelinidae
Subfamily:
Favorininae
Genus:
Phyllodesmium
Species:
P. undulatum
Binomial name
Phyllodesmium undulatum
Moore & Gosliner, 2014[1]

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]

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References
  1. 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
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