Family SCYLLAEIDAE Alder & Hancock, 1855
Family Scyllaeidae. Scyllaea pelagica.(from Beesley, Ross & Wells 1998) [S. Weidland]
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Family SCYLLAEIDAE Alder & Hancock, 1855
Introduction
Scyllaeids are largish nudibranchs with one or two big wing-like flaps each side of the body. From the inner face of these flaps project fine fluffy contractile gills that can fill the space between the flaps. The rhinophores have a small lamellate club sitting in the cup-like top of the long cylindrical rhinophoral sheath. Scyllaeids feed upon hydroids growing on algae. There is one cosmopolitan species, plus several widely spread Indo-Pacific species in the family.
[Compiled from Burn (in press 2012)]
General References
Burn, R. 2006. A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Report 10: 1-42
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Dec-2011 | OPISTHOBRANCHIA | 01-Dec-2011 | MOVED | Dr Robin Wilson |
| 01-Dec-2011 | 01-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 11-Jan-2016 | 25-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 24-Mar-2011 | (import) |