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Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Phyllodesmium jakobsenae is a species of sea slug, an aolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Facelinidae.[2]
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
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Species: | P. jakobsenae |
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Phyllodesmium jakobsenae Burghardt & Wägele, 2004[1] | |
The specific name jakobsenae is in honor of diver and donor of marine slugs for research, Mrs. Wera Jakobsen.[1]
The distribution of Phyllodesmium jakobsenae includes Bunaken Island, North Sulawesi, Indonesia and the Philippines.[3]
This species contains zooxanthellae of the genus Symbiodinium in the digestive gland (hepatopancreas). It grows to 30 mm in length.[1]
Phyllodesmium jakobsenae feeds on the soft coral Xenia.
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