Phyllodesmium hyalinum from Red Sea

May 19, 2003
From: Alon Braun

Hello,

Can you please help me with this one?

We found him on a colony of Heteroxenia at Eilat, Israel, in the Gulf of Aqaba.
Alon Braun

alonbr@pob.huji.ac.il

Braun, A., 2003 (May 19) Phyllodesmium hyalinum from Red Sea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/9962

Dear Alon,
This is Phyllodesmium hyalinum, which feeds on xeniid coft corals, often burrowing into the basal part, so that it is seldom seen. It was in fact first described from the Red Sea by Ehrenbergh (1831) in a report on one of the first biological expeditions out of Europe in the early 19th century.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (May 19). Comment on Phyllodesmium hyalinum from Red Sea by Alon Braun. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/9962

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