Phylliroe bucephala
Species of gastropod
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Phylliroe bucephala is a parasitic species of pelagic nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Phylliroidae.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Dendronotacea |
| Family: | Phylliroidae |
| Genus: | Phylliroe |
| Species: | P. bucephala |
| Binomial name | |
| Phylliroe bucephala Lamarck, 1816 | |
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Biology
This species of nudibranch is transparent with its guts visible through the laterally flattened body. It has a tail and two long smooth rhinophores. It feeds on jellyfish and plankton as an adult. The juveniles parasitize Zanclea medusae.[1]