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Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Phyllodesmium magnum is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2]
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Phyllodesmium magnum, a nudibranch which is rarely found by scuba divers. This one was observed in a diving site named Shi-Cheng, located in Northeast coast of Taiwan | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
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Species: | P. magnum |
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Phyllodesmium magnum | |
This species was described from New Caledonia with additional material from NW Australia, the Marshall Islands and Hong Kong.[1] The distribution of Phyllodesmium magnum includes North Kermadec and Guam.[3]
This species grows to 130 mm in length. It is one of the Phyllodesmium species which contain zooxanthellae.[1]
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