Scyllaea | |
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Scyllaea fulva | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Dexiarchia clade Cladobranchia clade Dendronotida |
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Genus: | Scyllaea Linnaeus, 1758 |
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NereaLesson, 1831 |
Scyllaea is a genus of nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Scyllaeidae. [1]
The slugs live on floating algae like Sargassum , where they have the same color and shape as the alga and can hardly be seen by predators. They feed on hydrozoa growing on the alga. [2]
Species in the genus Scyllaea include
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