Scyllaea pelagica

Linnaeus, 1758

Scyllaea pelagica
Photographed by: Graham Abbott

Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Subclass:Opisthobranchia
Order:Nudibranchia
Suborder:Dendronotina
Family:Scyllaeidae
Species:Scyllaea pelagica

Comment from Richard Willan on photo #1022
This identification is probably correct, but the tail is not visible in this image so I cannot decide if there is a tail crest (which would confirm it as Scyllaea pelagica) or not (which would make it Crosslandia viridis). Note the commensal shrimp Periclimenes imperator, that looks so conspicuous and out of place on this nudibranch. Its ‘normal’ host is the Spanish Dancer (Hexabranchus sanguineus).

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Pictures of Scyllaea pelagica

Scyllaea pelagica from Bali, IndonesiaIdentification reviewed by Richard Willan
Scyllaea pelagica
Location: Bali, Indonesia
By: Graham Abbott
Posted 1 year ago
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Scyllaea pelagica from Bali, IndonesiaIdentification reviewed by Richard Willan
Scyllaea pelagica
Location: Bali, Indonesia
By: Wolfgang Krutz
Posted 7 months ago
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Scyllaea pelagica from Perhentian, MalaysiaIdentification reviewed by Richard Willan
Scyllaea pelagica
Location: Perhentian, Malaysia
By: Ronnie Ng
Posted 1 year ago
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