title: Phyllodesmium jakobsenae
text: # Phyllodesmium jakobsenae
  
  Phyllodesmium jakobsenae is a species of sea slug, an aolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Facelinidae.
  
  The specific name jakobsenae is in honor of diver and donor of marine slugs for research, Mrs. Wera Jakobsen.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  The distribution of Phyllodesmium jakobsenae includes Bunaken Island, North Sulawesi, Indonesia and the Philippines.
  
  ## Description
  
  This species contains zooxanthellae of the genus Symbiodinium in the digestive gland (hepatopancreas). It grows to 30 mm in length.
  
  ## Ecology
  
  Phyllodesmium jakobsenae feeds on the soft coral Xenia.
  
  