Magnificent Soft Coral Eater
Phyllodesmium magnum
- Usual depth5–20 m
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsApril, May, and June
- How commonRare
About this species
Phyllodesmium magnum is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Phyllodesmium magnum”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 8 records
- February: 11 records
- March: 10 records
- April: 18 records
- May: 14 records
- June: 22 records
- July: 8 records
- August: 10 records
- September: 12 records
- October: 8 records
- November: 8 records
- December: 8 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–20 m · Deepest record: 23 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Magnificent Soft Coral Eater
Names in 2 more languages
- French
- Grand phyllodesmium
- Japanese
- キッカミノウミウシ
Similar species
Yellow-tipped PhyllodesmiumPhyllodesmium briareum
- Freckled Soft Coral Eater
Phyllodesmium macphersonae
- Branched Soft Coral Eater
Phyllodesmium poindimiei
Beaded Soft Coral EaterPhyllodesmium crypticum
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 158 open-data records from 1977 to 2026.
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