Species

Hermissenda opalescens (Opalescent nudibranch)

Hermissenda opalescens. Photo: (c) Robin Gwen Agarwal, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Hermissenda opalescens is a species of brightly coloured sea slug or nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Mollusca (Molluscs)
    - Class: Gastropoda (Gastropods)
      - Subclass: Heterobranchia (Heterobranchs)
        Infraclass: Euthyneura
        Subterclass: Ringipleura
        Superorder: Nudipleura
        Order: Nudibranchia (Nudibranchs)
        Suborder: Cladobranchia
        Superfamily: Aeolidioidea (Aeolid nudibranchs)
        Family: Myrrhinidae
        Genus: Hermissenda
        Species: Hermissenda opalescens (Opalescent nudibranch)

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