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Genus

Hermissenda

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

iNaturalist • Wikipedia

Hermissenda is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Facelinidae.

— Wikipedia

  • 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 crassicornis (Horned nudibranch)
                            • Species: Hermissenda opalescens (Opalescent nudibranch)

Subtaxa

Species: Hermissenda crassicornis (Horned nudibranch)

Species: Hermissenda opalescens (Opalescent nudibranch)

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