Nudi Pixel: Nudibranchs and Sea Slugs Identification with Photographs

Phyllodesmium crypticum

Photographed by: Indra Swari

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Opisthobranchia
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Aeolidina
Family:	Facelinidae
Species:	Phyllodesmium crypticum

A juvenile form

This individual has cast off (autotomised) some of the cerata on the middle section of the right side and they are regrowing. That’s why the are not as long as the others.

Phyllodesmium crypticum has very nodulose cerata, especially along the edges (unlike Phyllodesmium briareum and Phyllodesmium serratum - both have completely smooth cerata).

Locality:

• Indonesia
  • Lembeh (6) Oct, Nov
  • Manado (2) Aug, Oct
  • Flores (1)
• Australia
  • Queensland (1)

 

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