Caliphyllidae is a
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family
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of
sacoglossa
Sacoglossa, commonly known as the sacoglossans or the "solar-powered sea slugs", are a superorder of small sea slugs and sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks that belong to the clade Heterobranchia. Sacoglossans live by ingesting the cellular ...
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sea slug
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s. These are
marine
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opisthobranch
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gastropod
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s in the clade
Sacoglossa
Sacoglossa, commonly known as the sacoglossans or the "solar-powered sea slugs", are a superorder of small sea slugs and sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks that belong to the clade Heterobranchia. Sacoglossans live by ingesting the cellular ...
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This family has no subfamilies.
Genera
There are five genera in the family Caliphyllidae:
* ''
Caliphylla'' A. Costa, 1867
* ''
Cyerce
''Cyerce'' is a genus of sacoglossan sea slugs, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Caliphyllidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). Cyerce. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia ...
'' Bergh, 1871
* ''
Mourgona'' Marcus & Marcus, 1970
* ''
Polybranchia'' Pease, 1860
* ''
Sohgenia'' Hamatani, 1991
;Genera brought into synonymy :
* ''Branchophyllum'' Pruvot-Fol, 1947 : synonym of ''Polybranchia'' Pease, 1860
* ''Lobifera'' Pease, 1866 : synonym of ''Polybranchia'' Pease, 1860
* ''Phyllobranchillus'' Pruvot-Fol, 1933 : synonym of ''Polybranchia'' Pease, 1860
* ''Phyllobranchus'' Alder & Hancock, 1864 : synonym of ''Polybranchia'' Pease, 1860
File:Polybranchia orientalis.png, ''Polybranchia orientalis
''Polybranchia orientalis'' is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Caliphyllidae.Bouchet, P. (2011). Polybranchia orientalis (Kelaart, 1858). Accessed through: World Register of Ma ...
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References
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