Phyllodesmium iriomotense

Phyllodesmium iriomotense is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.^[2]

Phyllodesmium iriomotense
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Cladobranchia
Family:	Myrrhinidae
Genus:	Phyllodesmium
Species:	P. iriomotense
Binomial name
Phyllodesmium iriomotense Baba, 1991[1]

The specific name iriomotense refers to its type locality, the island Iriomote.

Distribution

The type locality of this species is Iriomote, Ryukyu Islands, Japan.^[1] It has also been reported from Okinawa and Sulawesi, Indonesia.^[3]

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 which is probably its food.