Phyllodesmium macphersonae

Phyllodesmium macphersonae is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.

Distribution

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

Description

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

Ecology

Phyllodesmium macphersonae feeds on an octocoral.

References

External links

• 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