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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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Species: | P. iriomotense
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Phyllodesmium iriomotense |
Phyllodesmium iriomotense is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2]
The specific name iriomotense refers to its type locality, the island Iriomote.
The type locality of this species is Iriomote, Ryukyu Islands, Japan.[1] It has also been reported from Okinawa and Sulawesi, Indonesia.[3]
The length of the slug is 20 mm. This species does not contain zooxanthellae.
Phyllodesmium iriomotense was found on a thread like alcyonarian which is probably its food.