Phyllodesmium jakobsenae

Phyllodesmium jakobsenae is a species of sea slug, an aolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Facelinidae.^[2]

Phyllodesmium jakobsenae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Cladobranchia
Family:	Myrrhinidae
Genus:	Phyllodesmium
Species:	P. jakobsenae
Binomial name
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]

Distribution

The distribution of Phyllodesmium jakobsenae includes Bunaken Island, North Sulawesi, Indonesia and the Philippines.^[3]

Description

This species contains zooxanthellae of the genus Symbiodinium in the digestive gland (hepatopancreas). It grows to 30 mm in length.^[1]

Ecology

Phyllodesmium jakobsenae feeds on the soft coral Xenia.