Phylliroe bucephala

Phylliroe bucephala
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Phylliroidae
Genus: Phylliroe
Species:
P. bucephala
Binomial name
Phylliroe bucephala
Lamarck, 1816
Synonyms
List
  • Phylliroe bucephale Peron and Lesueur, 1810
  • Phylliroe bucephalum Péron & Lesueur, 1810
  • Phylliroe roseum d'Orbigny, 1836
  • Phylliroe sanzoi Sparta, 1925

Phylliroe bucephala is a parasitic species of pelagic nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Phylliroidae.

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]

References

  1. ^ Gosliner TM, Valdes A Behrens DW 2015 Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific New World Publications Jacksonville Florida USA
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • SeaSlugForum
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