Phyllodesmium pinnatum

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

Phyllodesmium pinnatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia

clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Aeolidioidea
Family:
Facelinidae
Subfamily:
Favorininae
Genus:
Phyllodesmium
Species:
P. pinnatum
Binomial name
Phyllodesmium pinnatum
Moore & Gosliner, 2009[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Devil’s Point, Maricaban Island, Batangas Province, Luzon Island, Philippines.

References
  1. Moore, E. & T. Gosliner, 2009. Three new species of Phyllodesmium Ehrenberg (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia: Aeolidoidea), and a revised phylogenetic analysis. Zootaxa 2201, 30–48, Open Access.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Phyllodesmium pinnatum. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-06
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