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Phyllidiopsis
Sign in to savePhyllidiopsis is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs and is the largest genus within the family Phyllidiidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNudibranchia
- FamilyPhyllidiidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 80
- With media
- 21
- Family
- Phyllidiidae
- Collections
- CAS, USNM
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea, Maldives, Philippines, Japan, Thailand, Vanuatu, South Africa, United States
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Phyllidiidae
- Image
- Phyllidiopsis fissuratus.jpg
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- Phyllidiopsis
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- Phyllidiopsis
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- genus
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Phyllidiopsis is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs and is the largest genus within the family Phyllidiidae.
==Description== The species in this genus differ from the other genera in this family by possessing an elongate foregut and fused oral tentacles. thumb|left|Phyllidiopsis krempfi - underside of head showing fused oral tentacles
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