Phyllodesmium briareum

Phyllodesmium briareum
Phyllodesmium briareum, head end towards the right
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia

clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Aeolidioidea
Family:
Facelinidae
Subfamily:
Favorininae
Genus:
Phyllodesmium
Species:
P. briareum
Binomial name
Phyllodesmium briareum
(Bergh, 1896)
Synonyms[1]

Ennoia briareus Bergh, 1896

Phyllodesmium briareum is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[1]

Phyllodesmium briareum (one specimen at the bottom of the image) looks very similar to the soft coral Briareum violaceum (at the top of the image).
  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. 2015. Phyllodesmium briareum. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-06