Phyllidiopsis

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Phylum:Mollusca
Infraorder:Doridoidei
Phyllidiopsis
Phyllidiopsis cardinalis, head end at the bottom of the image
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Infraorder: Doridoidei
Superfamily: Phyllidioidea
Family: Phyllidiidae
Genus: Phyllidiopsis
Bergh, 1876
Type species
Phyllidiopsis cardinalis
Bergh, 1876

Phyllidiopsis is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs and is the largest genus within the family Phyllidiidae.[1]

The species in this genus differ from the other genera in this family by possessing an elongate foregut and fused oral tentacles.[2]

Phyllidiopsis krempfi - underside of head showing fused oral tentacles

Distribution

These nudibranchs can be found in the tropical Indo-Pacific region, the eastern Pacific region, in the Red Sea, in the Caribbean Sea and a few in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. About half of the described species can be found in deep waters. Among these deep-water sea slugs, there is a group of white species, lacking all contrasting colors.[3][4]

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