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Phyllodesmium Fastuosum
''Phyllodesmium'' is a genus of predatory sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Myrrhinidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Phyllodesmium'' Ehrenberg, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204424 on 2012-06-05 These nudibranchs occur in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean and warm temperate waters of Japan, Tasmania and South Africa. The nudibranchs in this genus often show extraordinary mimicry, each species very closely resembling its prey species, which are Octocorallia, octocorals, a kind of soft coral.Moore E. & Gosliner T. (18 August 2009)"Three new species of ''Phyllodesmium'' Ehrenberg (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia: Aeolidoidea), and a revised phylogenetic analysis" ''Zootaxa'' 2201: 30–48. Some of the species are also unusual in that they are able to utilize zooxanthellae from their prey, in a symbiotic relationship that provides them with extra nutrition from photosynthesis, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllodesmium Briareum
''Phyllodesmium'' is a genus of predatory sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Myrrhinidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Phyllodesmium'' Ehrenberg, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204424 on 2012-06-05 These nudibranchs occur in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean and warm temperate waters of Japan, Tasmania and South Africa. The nudibranchs in this genus often show extraordinary mimicry, each species very closely resembling its prey species, which are octocorals, a kind of soft coral.Moore E. & Gosliner T. (18 August 2009)"Three new species of ''Phyllodesmium'' Ehrenberg (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia: Aeolidoidea), and a revised phylogenetic analysis" ''Zootaxa'' 2201: 30–48. Some of the species are also unusual in that they are able to utilize zooxanthellae from their prey, in a symbiotic relationship that provides them with extra nutrition from photosynthesis, hence they a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllodesmium Acanthorhinum
''Phyllodesmium acanthorhinum'' is a species of sea slugs, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae. In 2015, the International Institute for Species Exploration names it as one of the "Top 10 New Species" for new species discovered in 2015. Distribution This species was described from 3–4 m depth, near Onna Village, Horseshoe Cliffs, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea .... It has also been reported from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.Wagele, H., I. Burghardt, N. Anthes, J. Evertsen, A. Klussmann-Kolb & G. Brodie. 2006. Species diversity of opisthobranch mollusks on Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum. Supplement 69:33–59. Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllodesmium Karenae
''Phyllodesmium karenae'' is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.Bouchet, P. (2015)''Phyllodesmium karenae''.In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-06 Distribution This species was described from Matotonggil Rock, Mabini, Batangas Province, Luzon Island, Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot .... References {{Taxonbar, from=Q14095319 Facelinidae Gastropods described in 2009 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllodesmium Kabiranum
''Phyllodesmium kabiranum'' is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae. Distribution The type locality for ''Phyllodesmium kabiranum'' is Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan. It has also been reported from the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ....Rudman, W.B., 2002 (April 4''Phyllodesmium kabiranum'' Baba, 1991. [InSea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Description This is a large species of ''Phyllodesmium'' which has been reported to grow to 75 mm in length. This species contains zooxanthellae. Ecology The food species for ''Phyllodesmium kabiranum'' is a Xenia (genus), xeniid Octocorallia, soft coral. References Facelinidae Gastropods described in 1991 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllodesmium Jakobsenae
''Phyllodesmium jakobsenae'' is a species of sea slug, an aolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Facelinidae. The specific name ''jakobsenae'' is in honor of diver and donor of marine slugs for research, Mrs. Wera Jakobsen. Distribution The distribution of ''Phyllodesmium jakobsenae'' includes Bunaken Island, North Sulawesi, Indonesia and the Philippines.Rudman, W.B., 2005 (September 1''Phyllodesmium jakobsenae'' Burghardt & Wagele, 2004. n/nowiki> Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Description This species contains zooxanthellae of the genus ''Symbiodinium'' in the digestive gland (hepatopancreas). It grows to 30 mm in length. Ecology ''Phyllodesmium jakobsenae'' feeds on the soft coral ''Xenia Xenia may refer to: People * Xenia (name), a feminine given name; includes a list of people with this name Places United States ''listed alphabetically by state'' * Xenia, Illinois, a village in Clay County ** Xenia Township, Clay County, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllodesmium Iriomotense
''Phyllodesmium iriomotense'' is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae. The specific name ''iriomotense'' refers to its type locality, the island Iriomote. Distribution The type locality of this species is Iriomote, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. It has also been reported from Okinawa and Sulawesi, Indonesia.Rudman, W.B., 1998 (August 5''Phyllodesmium iriomotense'' Baba, 1991. n/nowiki> Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Description The length of the slug is 20 mm. This species does not contain zooxanthellae. Ecology ''Phyllodesmium iriomotense'' was found on a thread like alcyonarian Octocorallia, along with Hexacorallia, is one of the two extant classes of Anthozoa. It comprises over 3,000 species of marine and brackish animals consisting of colonial polyps with 8-fold symmetry, commonly referred informally as "soft cora ... which is probably its food. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q7188801 Face ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllodesmium Hyalinum
''Phyllodesmium hyalinum'' is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Myrrhinidae.Bouchet, P. (2015)''Phyllodesmium hyalinum''.In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-06 ''Phyllodesmium hyalinum'' is the type species of the genus ''Phyllodesmium''.Rudman W.B. (1991) ''Further studies on the taxonomy and biology of the octocoral-feeding genus ''Phyllodesmium'' Ehrenberg, 1831 (Nudibranchia: Aeolidoidea).'' Journal of Molluscan Studies 57: 167-203.Burghardt I. & Wägele H. (2004). "A new solar powered species of the genus ''Phyllodesmium'' Ehrenberg, 1831 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Aeolidoidea) from Indonesia with analysis of its photosynthetic activity and notes on biology". ''Zootaxa'' 596: 1-18PDFt Distribution This species was described from the Red Sea. The distribution of ''Phyllodesmium hyalinum'' includes Tanzania, Australia, Japan, Philippines and the Marshall Islands.Rudman, W.B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllodesmium Horridum
''Phyllodesmium horridum'', the coral nudibranch, is a species of sea slug, specifically an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae. Distribution This species is found around the South African coast from False Bay to Sodwana Bay, intertidally to at least 30 m.Gosliner T. M. (1987). ''Nudibranchs of Southern Africa'' It has been erroneously reported from Australia and Japan due to confusion with '' Phyllodesmium serratum''. Description Around the South African coast, the coral nudibranch is typically between 30 and 40 mmBranch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Griffiths, C.L. and Beckley, L.E. 2010. ''Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa'' in total length. It is a slender pale-bodied aeolid with long paired pinkish cerata. The cerata have a bluish-white stripe running down their length, as does the body. The rhinophores are smooth. This species contains no zooxanthellae. Ecology ''Phyllodesmium horridum'' feeds on sea fans ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journal Of Molluscan Studies
The ''Journal of Molluscan Studies'' is the peer-reviewed scientific journal of the Malacological Society of London, covering research in malacology.About the journal accessed 6 December 2010. The editor-in-chief is Dinarzarde C. Raheem. Previous names of this journal include ''Proceedings of the Malacological Society'', and ''Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London'' (abbreviated as ''Proc. Malacol. Soc. Lond.''). Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed by Aquatic Sciences ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guam
Guam ( ; ) is an island that is an Territories of the United States, organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. Guam's capital is Hagåtña, Guam, Hagåtña, and the most populous village is Dededo. It is the List of extreme points of the United States#Westernmost points, westernmost point and territory of the United States, as measured from the geographic center of the United States, geographic center of the U.S. In Oceania, Guam is the largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands and the largest island in Micronesia. As of 2022, its population was 168,801. Chamorros are its largest ethnic group, but a minority on the multiethnic island. The territory spans and has a population density of . Indigenous Guamanians are the Chamorro people, Chamorro, who are related to the Austronesian peoples, Austronesian peoples of the Malay Archipelago, the Philippines, Taiwanese indigenous peoples, Taiwan, and Polyne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllodesmium Guamense
''Phyllodesmium guamense'' is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.Bouchet, P. (2010)''Phyllodesmium guamense'' Avila, Ballesteros, Slattery, Starmer & Paul, 1998.In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-06-05 The specific name ''guamense'' refers to the island of Guam, its type locality. Distribution The type locality of ''Phyllodesmium guamense'' is Piti, Guam, Micronesia. Additional specimens were found in Cocos Island Lagoon nearby. Description ''Phyllodesmium guamense'' uses camouflage and it looks like the soft coral '' Sinularia''. The maximum recorded length of the slug is 48 mm. This species contains zooxanthellae Zooxanthellae (; zooxanthella) is a colloquial term for single-celled photosynthetic organisms that are able to live in symbiosis with diverse marine invertebrates including corals, jellyf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllodesmium Fastuosum
''Phyllodesmium'' is a genus of predatory sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Myrrhinidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Phyllodesmium'' Ehrenberg, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204424 on 2012-06-05 These nudibranchs occur in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean and warm temperate waters of Japan, Tasmania and South Africa. The nudibranchs in this genus often show extraordinary mimicry, each species very closely resembling its prey species, which are Octocorallia, octocorals, a kind of soft coral.Moore E. & Gosliner T. (18 August 2009)"Three new species of ''Phyllodesmium'' Ehrenberg (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia: Aeolidoidea), and a revised phylogenetic analysis" ''Zootaxa'' 2201: 30–48. Some of the species are also unusual in that they are able to utilize zooxanthellae from their prey, in a symbiotic relationship that provides them with extra nutrition from photosynthesis, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
