Phyllodesmium cf. jakobsenae
Burghardt & Wägele, 2004
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Identification is verified by Richard Willan, Nudi Pixel expert
Comment from Richard Willan: This aeolid nudibranch is characterised by the slightly flattened cerata with brown patches (containing symbiotic zooxanthellae) on each side. It is a good mimic of its host, a soft coral of the genus Xenia. By contrast, Phyllodesmium longicirrum has much larger very flattened cerata with enlarged ends like paddles, and the brown zooxanthellae are arranged in rings.
| Location: | Lembeh, Indonesia |
| Photographer: | Guido Zsilavecz |
| Camera: | Olympus SP350 › View EXIF properties |
| Taken on: | September 16, 2007 |
| Viewed: | 168 times |
| Posted: | 5 months ago |
| Updated: | 5 months ago |
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Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Opisthobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidina |
| Family: | Facelinidae |
| Species: | Phyllodesmium jakobsenae |