Greilada

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Greilada
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The nudibranch sea slug Greilada elegans on a bryozoan in Skomer Marine Nature Reserve, Wales, UK
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Subfamily: Polycerinae
Genus: Greilada
Bergh, 1894 [1]

Greilada is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Polyceridae. [2]

Species

Species in the genus Greilada include:

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<i>Greilada elegans</i> Species of gastropod

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References

  1. Bergh R. (1894). Eine gattung von Polyceraden (Greilada). Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin 60 (1): 1-6
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Greilada. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-13
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2004 (February 12) Greilada elegans Bergh, 1894. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.