Scyllaeidae

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Scyllaeidae is a family of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs, in the superfamily Dendronotoidea.[2] Members of the family are in general cryptic, often resembling algae in their natural environment.[3]

Live individual of Notobryon wardi displaying iridescence
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Scyllaeidae
From left to right in each row, from top to bottom: Scyllaea fulva, Scyllaea pelagica, Notobryon wardi, and Crosslandia viridis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Dendronotacea
Superfamily: Dendronotoidea
Family: Scyllaeidae
Alder & Hancock, 1855
Type genus
Scyllaea
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Genera

The following genera are recognised in the family Scyllaeidae:[2][3][4]

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