Phyllodesmium undulatum E. Moore & Gosliner, 2014
- Location
- Nazumado, Hachijo Island, Tokyo, Japan
- Date
- 2018/05/16
- Length
- 15mm
- Depth
- 15.0m
- Water temperature
- 23.0℃
Description
Ground colour translucent white to yellowish white. Pale purple markings cover the whole body surface. A white longitudinal line runs along the dorsal midline. Cerata are the same colour as the body with yellow tips. The digestive gland is yellowish white and undulate within the cerata. Rhinophores and oral tentacles long and smooth, yellowish white with pale purple bands at the base and around the middle. Reaches 40 mm in length.Distribution
Western to South Pacific; recorded from Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan and the Solomon Islands.Etymology
The specific epithet undulatum is Latin for "undulate".Remarks
Resembles Phyllodesmium poindimiei but distinguished by the white midline stripe and the absence of fine white dots on the body. Like many species of Phyllodesmium, it retains zooxanthellae acquired from its octocoral prey within the cerata.References
- クセニアウミウシ属の1種 2, 小野篤司. (2004). 沖縄のウミウシ. ラトルズ.
- Phyllodesmium undulatum, Terrence Gosliner, Ángel Valdés and David Behrens. (2015). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific. New World Pubns Inc.
- タオヤメミノウミウシ（新称）, 中野理枝. (2018). 日本のウミウシ. 文一総合出版.
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Terrence Gosliner, Ángel Valdés and David Behrens. (2018). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific 2nd Edition. New World Pubns Inc.
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