Phyllodesmium jakobsenae Burghardt & Wägele, 2004 is a animal in the Myrrhinidae family, order Nudibranchia, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Phyllodesmium jakobsenae Burghardt & Wägele, 2004
Phyllodesmium jakobsenae is a nudibranch that hosts Symbiodinium zooxanthellae, grows to 30 mm, lives in Indonesia and the Philippines, and eats Xenia soft coral.
Phyllodesmium jakobsenae, a species first formally described by Burghardt & Wägele in 2004, harbors Symbiodinium genus zooxanthellae in its hepatopancreas, also known as the digestive gland. This species can reach a maximum length of 30 millimeters. Its known distribution covers Bunaken Island in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, as well as the Philippines. In terms of ecology, Phyllodesmium jakobsenae feeds exclusively on the soft coral Xenia.
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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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