Phylliroe

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Phylliroe
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Heterobranchia
Order: Opisthobranchia
Suborder: Nudibranchia
Family: Phylliroidae
Genus: Phylliroe
Peron and Lesueur, 1810
Species

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Phylliroe is a genus of pelagic nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Opisthobranchia.

These nudibranchs are ribbon-like, almost transparent, parasites that in their larval stage penetrate the bell of certain pelagic jellyfish and devour the host from the inside outward.

[edit] Distribution

World-wide in warm seas, but seldom seen.

[edit] Species in the genus Phylliroe

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