UNKNOWN OKINAWAN
OPISTHOBRANCH
Phyllodesmium sp. 7 (46mm)
Unknown Okinawan Opisthobranch Data
Taxonomy:
- Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
- Suborder: Aeolidacea
- Family: Facelinidae
Frequency on Okinawa:
Collection Data:
- Individual Collection No: RFB #3437-F
- Location: Tengan Pier (26o24.0'N, 127o51.1'E)
- Date: 25 June, 1995 [Only a single specimen collected]
- Depth: 40ft (12m) [Only a single specimen collected]
- Size: TL 46mm [Only a single specimen collected]
- Water temperature at collection depth: 71oF (22oC)
- Specimen deposited: California Academy of Sciences
[brackets indicate range for all Okinawa-collected specimens of the species]
Species Account:
Phyllodesmium sp. 7 is considered to be very rare on Okinawa as I have seen and collected only a single individual. The single animal was found upon a red octocoral; a sample of the octocoral was sent to CAS along with the Phyllodesmium.
Page Date: 30 Dec '96
Page Modification Date: 30 Dec '96
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Copyright © 1996 Robert F. Bolland
