Phyllodesmium poindimiei

Phyllodesmium poindimiei

''Phyllodesmium poindimiei'' is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Facelinidae.
Nudibranch - Phyllodesmium poindimiei Anilao,Batangas,Nudibranch,Philippines,Phyllodesmium poindimiei

Appearance

The length of the slug is up to 50 mm. This species contains no zooxanthellae.
Nudibranch - Phyllodesmium poindimiei This Phyllodesmium poindimiei Nudibranch is very small in size, less than 1 cm. Nudibranch from the genus Phyllodesmium are also known as Solar Powered Nudibranch as they keeps photosynthetic zooxanthellae, which allow it to draw energy from sunlight. Anilao,Batangas,Geotagged,Nudibranch,Philippines,Phyllodesmium poindimiei,Summer

Distribution

The distribution of ''Phyllodesmium poindimiei'' includes Australia, New Caledonia, the Philippines, Indonesia and Hawaii.Rudman, W.B., 1999 [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

Habitat

''Phyllodesmium poindimiei'' feeds on the invasive octocoral ''Carijoa riisei'', but it cannot be used as a biocontrol of this octocoral.
The crab ''Thalamita integra'' is a predator of ''Phyllodesmium poindimiei''.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderNudibranchia
FamilyMyrrhinidae
GenusPhyllodesmium
SpeciesP. poindimiei
Photographed in
Philippines