OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Opisthobranchia Facelinidae 

Phyllodesmium magnum Rudman, 1991

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Phyllodesmium sp. Orr, 1981
   Phyllodesmium sp. Willan and Coleman, 1984
   Phyllodesmium magnum Rudman, 1991

Distribution

Known from Hong Kong, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia and Australia

  OBIS Regions
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
     Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.37 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia
  Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: China: Hong Kong (Xianggang)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Marshall Islands

Keywords

depth: shallow subtidal 
feeds on: animals [< associated with the octocoral prey Sarcophyton sp. and Sinularia sp.>]
reproduction: hermaphroditism 

References

 Rudman, W.B. 1991. p.190 Figs 20A, B, 22-24, 27C, D, 28, 29 []  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Heterobranchia
                Unplaced
                  Opisthobranchia
                    Facelinidae Bergh in Carus, 1889
                      Phyllodesmium Ehrenbergh, 1831
                        Phyllodesmium (Described) species
                          Phyllodesmium (Described) magnum Rudman, 1991

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=41927) created by Opistobranch Import on 2001-03-28. Record last updated by benamy on 2002-11-14.