Phyllodesmium magnum

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

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

Distribution

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]

Description

This species grows to 130 mm in length. It is one of the Phyllodesmium species which contain zooxanthellae.^[1]

Ecology

Phyllodesmium magnum feeds on a soft coral Sinularia sp.^[1]