Biology:Scyllaeidae

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Scyllaeidae is a family of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs, in the superfamily Dendronotoidea.[1] Members of the family are in general cryptic, often resembling algae in their natural environment.[2]

Live individual of Notobryon wardi displaying iridescence

Genera

The following genera are recognised in the family Scyllaeidae:[1][2][3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Scyllaeidae Alder & Hancock, 1855". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23115. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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" (in en). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 165 (2): 311–336. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00816.x. https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00816.x. 
  3. ↑ 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" (in en). Zoological Studies 63 (4): 1-9. doi:10.6620/ZS.2024.63-04. PMID 39355317. PMC 11443427. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11443427/. 

Further reading

  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  • Pola M., Camacho-Garcia Y.E. & Gosliner T.M. (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: 311–336

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