species: Phyllodesmium lizardense in Lizard Island Field Guide (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Phyllodesmium lizardense


©Heike Waegele and Ingo Burghardt: An individual specimen of Phyllodesmium lizardense from Lizard Island. The slug mimics the soft coral Heteroxenia sp. sp in which it lives. The head is on the left.

©Heike Waegele and Ingo Burghardt: A specimen of Phyllodesmium lizardense in its natural habitat, the soft coral Heteroxenia sp. sp. The slug's cerata are more erect than the coral polyps surrounding it in this photo.

©Ingo Burghardt: Phyllodesmium lizardense from Lizard Island, lab photo

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Nudibranchia
Family Facelinidae
Genus Phyllodesmium
Species Phyllodesmium lizardense

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References

  • Affeld, S., S Kehraus, H. Waegele and G.M. Koenig (2009). Dietary derived sesquiterpenes from Phyllodesmium lizardensis, Journal of Natural Products, 72: 298-300. LIRS catalog number 1254.
  • Ahmadian, R., I. Burghardt and U.L. Shepherd (2016). Embryonic development of the solar-powered nudibranch Phyllodesmium lizardensis (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia). Molluscan Research, 36(4): 285-289. LIRS catalog number 2008.
  • Bogdanov, A., S. Kehraus, S. Bleidissel, G. Preisfeld, D. Schillo, J. Piel, A.O. Brachmann, H. Wägele and G.M. König (2014). Defense in the aeolidoidean genus Phyllodesmium (Gastropoda), Journal of Chemical Ecology, 40: 1013-1024. LIRS catalog number 1780.
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