Phyllodesmium guamense
Species of gastropod
title: "Phyllodesmium guamense" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["facelinidae", "gastropods-described-in-1998", "gastropods-of-micronesia"] description: "Species of gastropod" topic_path: "general/facelinidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllodesmium_guamense" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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Phyllodesmium guamense is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.
The specific name guamense refers to the island of Guam, its type locality.
Distribution
The type locality of Phyllodesmium guamense is Piti, Guam, Micronesia. Additional specimens were found in Cocos Island Lagoon nearby.
Description
Phyllodesmium guamense uses camouflage and it looks like the soft coral Sinularia. The maximum recorded length of the slug is 48 mm. This species contains zooxanthellae which are distributed throughout the inflated cerata.
Ecology
Phyllodesmium guamense feeds on Sinularia polydactyla, Sinularia maxima and Sinularia sp.
References
References
- Avila C., Ballesteros M., Slattery M., Starmer J. & Paul V. J. (1998). "''Phyllodesmium guamensis'' (Nudibranchia: Aeolidoidea), a new species from [[Guam]] (Micronesia)". ''[[Journal of Molluscan Studies]]'' '''64''': 147–160. [https://web.archive.org/web/20061003224423/http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/64/2/147 abstract].
- Bouchet, P. (2010). [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456805 ''Phyllodesmium guamense'' Avila, Ballesteros, Slattery, Starmer & Paul, 1998.] In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-06-05
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