Selection: Phyllodesmium sp. D

Phyllodesmium sp. D Genus: Ehrenberg, 1831

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Phyllodesmium sp. D is an undescribed species of the genus Phyllodesmium. I call it Phyllodesmium sp. D, to distinguish it from other undescribed Phyllodesmium sp. Phyllodesmium sp. D is characterised by its rounded, bulbous cerata with several longitudinal lines of brown pigmentation, looking identical to the closed polyp of Xenia
Pretty similar are at least 2 " Xenia Mimics":
Phyllodesmium jakobsenae which has flattened, slightly coiled cerata with brownish pigment along the edges, near the tip and
Phyllodesmium sp. H on which Ingo Burghardt writes "the brownish pigments on the cerata are arranged different, the cerata are thin and also arranged different from Phyllodesmium jakobsenae."
More informations on Phyllodesmium sp. D are at Bill Rudman's Sea-Slug Forum!