Phyllodesmium magnum Rudman, 1991

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Material examined. Three specimens. MB28-004643, ZD, 0 6 Dec. 2012, 30m; ZMBN105099, VIES3, 16 May 2015, 7m, 36mm, collected by Y. Tibiriçá & M. Malaquias; ZMBN105143, VIPP, 19 May 2015, 7– 10m, 22mm, collected by Y. Tibiriçá & M. Malaquias.

Habitats. Subtropical rocky reefs and tropical coral reefs.

Occurrences. Zavora and Vamizi Island.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west Pacific. Marshall Islands, Hong Kong, New Caledonia (Rudman 1991), Guam, Papua New Guinea (Gosliner et al. 2008) Australia (Rudman 1991), Philippines, Indonesia (Gosliner et al. 2008), Thailand (Mehrotra & Scott 2015), Red Sea (Koretz 2005), Tanzania (Gosliner et al. 2008), Madagascar (Rassat 2015), South Africa (Fraser 2001) and Mozambique.