Scyllaeidae

Scyllaeidae
A live individual of the iridescent nudibranch, Notobryon wardi, head end towards the left
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Dexiarchia clade Cladobranchia clade Dendronotida
Superfamily:	Tritonioidea
Family:	Scyllaeidae Alder & Hancock, 1855
Synonyms
Tritonioidea

Scyllaeidae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Tritonioidea. ^[1]

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

1. 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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