Scyllaea
Genus of gastropods
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Scyllaea is a genus of nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Scyllaeidae.[1]
| Scyllaea | |
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| Scyllaea fulva | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Dendronotacea |
| Family: | Scyllaeidae |
| Genus: | Scyllaea Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Nerea Lesson, 1831 | |
The slugs live on floating algae like Sargassum, where they have the same color and shape as the alga and can hardly be seen by predators. They feed on hydrozoa growing on the alga.[2]
Species
Species in the genus Scyllaea include
- Scyllaea fulva Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
- Scyllaea pelagica Linnaeus, 1758
- Species brought into synonymy
- Scyllaea dracaena Kelaart, 1858: synonym of Scyllaea fulva Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
- Scyllaea edwardsii A. E. Verrill, 1878: synonym of Scyllaea pelagica Linnaeus, 1758
- Scyllaea grayae A. Adams & Reeve, 1850: synonym of Scyllaea pelagica Linnaeus, 1758
- Scyllaea quoyi Gray, 1850: synonym of Scyllaea fulva Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
- Nomina dubia
- Scyllaea ghomfodensis Forskål, 1775
- Scyllaea lamyi Vayssière, 1917
