title: Phyllodesmium iriomotense
text: # Phyllodesmium iriomotense
  
  Phyllodesmium iriomotense is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.
  
  The specific name iriomotense refers to its type locality, the island Iriomote.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  The type locality of this species is Iriomote, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. It has also been reported from Okinawa and Sulawesi, Indonesia.
  
  ## Description
  
  The length of the slug is 20 mm. This species does not contain zooxanthellae.
  
  ## Ecology
  
  Phyllodesmium iriomotense was found on a thread like alcyonarian which is probably its food.
  
  