Phyllodesmium rudmani
Burghardt & Gosliner, 2006
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Identification is verified by Richard Willan, Nudi Pixel expert
Comment from Richard Willan: A nice photo of a typical individual viewed head-on. Phyllodesmium rudmani is characterised by the cerata having long cylindrical stalks with a swollen region on top like a Christmas decoration. That swollen region has about 8, white, longitudinal ridges separated by deep, brown or brownish purple grooves. Thus each ceras mimics a polyp of the soft coral Xenia (the specific host food of this species) with its tentacles closed together.
| Location: | Anilao, Philippines |
| Photographer: | Chet King |
| Camera: | Canon EOS 350D › View EXIF properties |
| Taken on: | May 8, 2007 |
| Viewed: | 223 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 rudmani |