Phyllidia

Phyllidia
A live individual of Phyllidia elegans in situ, head end towards the left
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Phyllidiidae
Genus: Phyllidia
Cuvier, 1797
Type species
Phyllidia varicosa
Lamarck, 1801
Synonyms
  • Fryeria Gray, 1853
  • Phyllidia (Fryeria) Gray, 1853ยท accepted, alternate representation
  • Phyllidia (Phyllidia) Cuvier, 1797
  • Reyfria Yonow, 1986

Phyllidia is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Phyllidiidae.