| Phylliroe | |
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| Phylliroe bucephalum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Phylliroidae |
| Genus: | Phylliroe Péron & Lesueur, 1810[1] |
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Phylliroe is a genus of average sized (up to 5.5 centimetres or 2.2 inches), highly transparent pelagic nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Opisthobranchia, that consists of two known species.[2] It is notable for being an open-ocean hunter that resembles a fish in body plan and locomotion, an example of convergent evolution.[2]
- ^ Péron & Lesueur C. A. (1810). "Histoire de la famille des Mollusques Ptéropodes. Caractères des dix genres qui doivent la composer". Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 15: 57-69, page 65, plate 1, fig. 1-3.
- ^ a b Helm, R.R. (2015-11-18). "Meet Phylliroe: the sea slug that looks and swims like a fish". Deep Sea News. Retrieved 22 November 2015.