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Phyllodesmium macphersonae

Burn, R., 1962. Descriptions of Victorian nudibranchiate mollusca, with a comprehensive review of the Eolidacea . Memoirs of the National Museum, Victoria, 25 : 95-128. "},"syno...

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Phyllodesmium macphersonae is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marinegastropodmollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2]

Distribution

The distribution of Phyllodesmium macphersonae includes Australia, Tanzania and Japan.[3]

Description

The length of the slug is 4–35 mm. This species contains zooxanthellae.[3]

Ecology

Phyllodesmium macphersonae feeds on an octocoral.[4]

References

  1. ↑Burn, R., 1962. Descriptions of Victorian nudibranchiate mollusca, with a comprehensive review of the Eolidacea . Memoirs of the National Museum, Victoria, 25 : 95-128.
  2. 12Bouchet, P. (2015). Phyllodesmium macphersonae. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-07
  3. 12Rudman, W.B., 2001 (April 29) Phyllodesmium macphersonae (Burn, 1962). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. ↑Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Jan 25). Comment on Phyllodesmium macphersonae - first feeding record by John Chuk. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  • Burn R. (2006) A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Reports 10:1–42