Scyllaeidae

Scyllaeidae
From left to right in each row, from top to bottom: Scyllaea fulva, Scyllaea pelagica, Notobryon wardi, and Crosslandia viridis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Dendronotacea
Superfamily: Dendronotoidea
Family: Scyllaeidae
Alder & Hancock, 1855
Type genus
Scyllaea
Linnaeus, 1758
Genera

See Genera

Scyllaeidae is a family of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs, in the superfamily Dendronotoidea. Members of the family are in general cryptic, often resembling algae in their natural environment.

Live individual of Notobryon wardi displaying iridescence

Genera

The following genera are recognised in the family Scyllaeidae:

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Hausdorf, Bernhard; Kaim, Andrzej; Kano, Yasunori; Nützel, Alexander; Parkhaev, Pavel; Schrödl, Michael; Strong, Ellen E. (December 2017). "Revised Classification, Nomenclator and Typification of Gastropod and Monoplacophoran Families". Malacologia. 61 (1–2): 1–526. doi:10.4002/040.061.0201. ISSN 0076-2997.
  2. 1 2 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Scyllaeidae Alder & Hancock, 1855". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
  3. 1 2 Pola, Marta; Camacho-García, Yolanda E.; Gosliner, Terrence M. (June 2012). "Molecular data illuminate cryptic nudibranch species: the evolution of the Scyllaeidae (Nudibranchia: Dendronotina) with a revision of Notobryon". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 165 (2): 311–336. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00816.x.
  4. ↑ Yiu, Sam King Fung; Leung, Thomas Ka; Lee, Gabriel Yeung; Yan, Meng (15 March 2024). "Morphology and Phylogenetic Position of the Sargassum Nudibranch Scyllaea fulva Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (Nudibranchia: Scyllaeidae): First Record in Hong Kong". Zoological Studies. 63 (4): 1–9. doi:10.6620/ZS.2024.63-04. PMC 11443427. PMID 39355317.

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