Florent's Guide To The

Hawaii 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)
   └Nudipleura (Superorder)
    └Nudibranchia (Order)
     └Dendronotina (Suborder)
      └Dendronotoidea (Superfamily)
       └Phylliroidae (Family)
        └Phylliroe (Genus)
         └P. bucephala (Species)

Sea Slugs
Dendronotid Nudibranchs

Pelagic Nudibranch



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