Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-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) Mollusks
└Gastropoda (Class) Gastropods
 └Heterobranchia (Subclass) Heterobranchs
  └Euthyneura (Infraclass)
   └Nudipleura (Superorder)
    └Nudibranchia (Order) Nudibranchs
     └Dendronotina (Suborder)
      └Dendronotoidea (Superfamily)
       └Phylliroidae (Family) Dendronotid Nudibranchs
        └Phylliroe (Genus)
         └P. bucephala (Species)
WoRMS ID: 581832🔗
iNaturalist ID: 255192🔗

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