Phylliroe bucephala
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| A drawing of Phylliroe bucephalum | |
| 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: | Phylliroidae |
| Genus: | Phylliroe |
| Species: | P. bucephalum |
| Binomial name | |
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Phylliroe bucephalum Peron and Lesueur, 1810 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Phylliroe bucephala Peron and Lesueur, 1810 |
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Phylliroe bucephala Peron and Lesueur, 1810
Phylliroe bucephalum is a species of pelagic parasitic nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Phylliroidae.
This nudibranch is transparent with 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.
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