Scyllaeidae
Scyllaeidae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Tritonioidea.[1]
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| A live individual of the iridescent nudibranch, Notobryon wardi, head end towards the left | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Dexiarchia clade Cladobranchia clade Dendronotida |
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| Family: | Scyllaeidae |
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Tritonioidea | |
This family is within the clade Cladobranchia (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Taxonomy
The family Scyllaeidae consists of the following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):
Genera
Genera in the family Scyllaeidae include:
- Crosslandia Eliot, 1902
- Crosslandia daedali Poorman & Mulliner, 1981
- Crosslandia viridis Eliot, 1903
- Notobryon Odhner, 1936
- Scyllaea Linnaeus, 1758
- Genera brought into synonymy
- Nerea Lesson, 1831: synonym of Scyllaea Linnaeus, 1758
References
- http://www.catalogueoflife.org/ accessed 16 September 2009
- http://www.seaslugforum.net/ accessed 16 September 2009
- 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
- Bouchet, P. (2012). Scyllaeidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23115 on 2012-06-07
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