Phyllodesmium macphersonae

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

Phyllodesmium macphersonae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Cladobranchia
Family:	Myrrhinidae
Genus:	Phyllodesmium
Species:	P. macphersonae
Binomial name
Phyllodesmium macphersonae (Burn, 1962)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Cratena macphersonae Burn, 1962

Distribution

The distribution of Phyllodesmium macphersonae includes Australia, Tanzania and Japan.^[3]

Description

The length of the slug is 4–35 mm. This species contains zooxanthellae.^[3]

Ecology

Phyllodesmium macphersonae feeds on an octocoral.^[4]