Phyllidia

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Phyllidia
Phyllidia elegans.jpg
A live individual of Phyllidia elegans in situ, head end towards the left
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Phyllidiidae
Genus: Phyllidia
Cuvier, 1797
Type species
Phyllidia varicosa
Lamarck, 1801
Synonyms [1]
  • FryeriaGray, 1853
  • Phyllidia (Fryeria)Gray, 1853· accepted, alternate representation
  • Phyllidia (Phyllidia)Cuvier, 1797
  • ReyfriaYonow, 1986

Phyllidia is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Phyllidiidae. [1]

Species

Species in the genus Phyllidia include: [1] [2]

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Phyllidia. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-06-07.
  2. Brunckhorst D.J. (1993) The systematics and phylogeny of phyllidiid nudibranchs (Doridoidea). Records of the Australian Museum suppl. 16: 1-108.