Scyllaeidae
| Scyllaeidae | |
|---|---|
| From left to right in each row, from top to bottom: Scyllaea fulva, Scyllaea pelagica, Notobryon wardi, and Crosslandia viridis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Dendronotacea |
| Superfamily: | Dendronotoidea |
| Family: | Scyllaeidae Alder & Hancock, 1855 |
| Type genus | |
| Scyllaea | |
| Genera | |
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See Genera | |
Scyllaeidae is a family of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs, in the superfamily Dendronotoidea.[2] Members of the family are in general cryptic, often resembling algae in their natural environment.[3]
Genera
The following genera are recognised in the family Scyllaeidae:[2][3][4]
- Crosslandia Eliot, 1902
- Notobryon Odhner, 1936
- Scyllaea Linnaeus, 1758
References
- ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Hausdorf, Bernhard; Kaim, Andrzej; Kano, Yasunori; Nützel, Alexander; Parkhaev, Pavel; Schrödl, Michael; Strong, Ellen E. (December 2017). "Revised Classification, Nomenclator and Typification of Gastropod and Monoplacophoran Families". Malacologia. 61 (1–2): 1–526. doi:10.4002/040.061.0201. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ^ a b Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Scyllaeidae Alder & Hancock, 1855". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ^ a b 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". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 165 (2): 311–336. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00816.x.
- ^ 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". Zoological Studies. 63 (4): 1–9. doi:10.6620/ZS.2024.63-04. PMC 11443427. PMID 39355317.
See also
- 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
External links
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- Goodheart, J. A.; Bazinet, A. L.; Valdés, Á.; Collins, A. G.; Cummings, M. P. (2017). Prey preference follows phylogeny: evolutionary dietary patterns within the marine gastropod group Cladobranchia (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia). BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17(1)
- Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397