Phyllodesmium magnum Rudman, 1991

Mehrotra, Rahul, A. Caballer Gutierrez, Manuel, M. Scott, Chad, Arnold, Spencer, Monchanin, Coline, Viyakarn, Voranop & Chavanich, Suchana, 2021, An updated inventory of sea slugs from Koh Tao, Thailand, with notes on their ecology and a dramatic biodiversity increase for Thai waters, ZooKeys 1042, pp. 73-188 : 73

Phyllodesmium magnum Rudman, 1991 Figure 18H

Material examined.

Two specimens 30-40 mm, TT.

Ecology.

In coral reef habitats where it feeds on the octocoral Sinularia sp. Depth 5-18 m.

Distribution.

Widespread across the Indo-Pacific including Mozambique ( Tibiriçá et al. 2017), South Africa ( Fraser 2001), the Red Sea ( Koretz 2005), Hong Kong, New Caledonia, Australia, Marshall Islands ( Rudman 1991), Japan ( Ono 2004), Tanzania, Philippines, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea ( Gosliner et al. 2008). Documented from both Andaman and Gulf waters of Thailand by Chavanich et al. (2013).

Figures

Figure 18. A Myja cf. longicornis 9 mm (photograph by Phannee Mccarthy) B, C Noumeaella sp. 1 5 mm D, E Noumeaella sp. 2 5 mm (photographs by Tony Myshlyaev) F Phidiana militaris 35 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) G Phidiana sp. 7 mm H Phyllodesmium magnum 30 mm I Phyllodesmium cf. magnum 35 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) J Phyllodesmium opalescens 35 mm, (photograph by Guillaume Gandoin) K Phyllodesmium sp. 55 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) L Armina occulta 65 mm.