UNKNOWN OKINAWAN
OPISTHOBRANCH
Phyllodesmium sp. 6 (21mm)
Unknown Okinawan Opisthobranch Data
Taxonomy:
- Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
- Suborder: Aeolidacea
- Family: Facelinidae
Frequency on Okinawa:
Collection Data:
- Individual Collection No: RFB #1898
- Location: Horseshoe Cliffs (26o30.0'N, 127o50.9'E)
- Date: 10 July, 1987 [no others collected]
- Depth: 10ft (3m) [no others collected]
- Size: TL 21mm [no others collected]
- Water temperature at collection depth: 82oF (28oC)
- Specimen deposited: Unknown disposition, photo only?
[brackets indicate range for all Okinawa-collected specimens of the species]
Species Account:
Phyllodesmium sp. 6 is considered to be very rare on Okinawa as I have seen and collected only a single individual over a period of more than twenty years of diving here. The single specimen was collected from the vertical rock wall of a small surge channel near shore. The surge channel was covered with relatively dense growths of several species of Rhodophyta as well as miscellaneous demospongians and encrusting bryozoans.
Page Date: 18 Nov '96
Page Modification Date: 18 Nov '96
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Copyright © 1996 Robert F. Bolland
