Phyllodesmium rudmani
Species of gastropod
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Phyllodesmium rudmani is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.
| Phyllodesmium rudmani | |
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| detail of cerata of Phyllodesmium rudmani | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Family: | Myrrhinidae |
| Genus: | Phyllodesmium |
| Species: | P. rudmani |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllodesmium rudmani | |
The specific name rudmani is in honor of malacologist William B. Rudman.
Distribution
Description
The length of the slug is up to 45 mm. Its cerata are similar to (mimicry) closed polyps of soft coral of the genus Xenia.[2]
Phyllodesmium rudmani contain endosymbiotic zooxanthellae of the genus Symbiodinium.[1]
