Phyllodesmium koehleri

Phyllodesmium koehleri

''Phyllodesmium koehleri'' is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.
Soft Corals? This Phyllodesmium koehleri Nudibranch mimics perfectly the soft corals it feeds on. Fairly small, around 2.5 cm in size, it was quite a challenge to get a picture showing its Rhinopore to better show that its a Nudibranch and not a patch of soft corals. Anilao,Batangas,Nudibranch,Philippines,Phyllodesmium koehleri

Distribution

Known from southern Queensland, Australia; Okinawa, Japan; Sulawesi, Indonesia, New Britain, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines.Rudman, W.B., 2008 [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

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