Phylliroidae

Phylliroidae

Taxobox
name = Phylliroidae


image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Opisthobranchia
subordo = Nudibranchia
familia = Phylliroidae
familia_authority = Menke, 1830
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text.

Phylliroidae are a taxonomic family of nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Opisthobranchia.

Distribution

World-wide in warm seas.

Description

These pelagic nudibranchs are translucent and do not have cerata, or other apendages, except for a pair of tentacle-like rhinophores.

Genera in the family Phylliroidae

* "Phylliroe" Peron and Lesueur, 1810

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References

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* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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