Phyllodesmium longicirrum

Phyllodesmium longicirrum
Phyllodesmium longicirrum, head end towards the lower left, crawling on its prey the soft coral Sarcophyton trocheliophorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Family: Myrrhinidae
Genus: Phyllodesmium
Species:
P. longicirrum
Binomial name
Phyllodesmium longicirrum
(Bergh, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Myrrhine longicirra
  • Phyllodesmium longicirra

Phyllodesmium longicirrum, common name the solar-powered phyllodesmium, is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.

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