Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Pelagic Nudibranch
Phylliroe bucephala
Pelagic Nudibranch
Category: Dendronotid Nudibranchs
Scientific Name: Phylliroe bucephala
Size: Up to 2 in. (5 cm)  
Depth: 40-3000 ft. (12-914 m)
Distribution: Circumtropical
Mollusca (Phylum)
└Gastropoda (Class)
 └Heterobranchia (Subclass)
  └Euthyneura (Infraclass)
   └Nudibranchia (Order)
    └Cladobranchia (Suborder)
     └Dendronotoidea (Superfamily)
      └Phylliroidae (Family)
       └Phylliroe (Genus)

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