Phyllodesmium poindimiei: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Nudibranchia
- Family
- Myrrhinidae
- Genus
- Phyllodesmium
- Species
- Phyllodesmium poindimiei
- Scientific Name
- Phyllodesmium poindimiei
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Phyllodesmium poindimiei
Phyllodesmium poindimiei (AKA: Spun Of Light) is a species of aeolid nudibranch Gastropod belonging to the family Facelinidae that feeds on Alcyonacea. Cerata are important for its physical defense and efficient metabolic processes, but unlike other species in the Opisthobranch Mollusca clade, P. poindimiei’s pink cerata are used for defensive purposes other than Nematocyst (dinoflagellate) capture and toxin release. This species is spread sporadically along tropical coastal regions such as Australia, Hawaii, and the Indo-Pacific living in diverse marine habitats such as coral reefs.
...Phyllodesmium poindimiei in languages:
- English
- Poindimie's Phyllodesmium
- Japanese
- ハナビラミノウミウシ
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