WoRMS taxon details
Scyllaea Linnaeus, 1758
138468 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138468)
accepted
Genus
Nerea R. P. Lesson, 1831 · unaccepted
Zoopterygius Osbeck, 1757 · unaccepted (non-binominal)
- Species Scyllaea fulva Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
- Species Scyllaea pelagica Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Scyllaea dracaena Kelaart, 1858 accepted as Scyllaea fulva Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
- Species Scyllaea edwardsii A. E. Verrill, 1878 accepted as Scyllaea pelagica Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Scyllaea grayae A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 accepted as Scyllaea pelagica Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Scyllaea hookeri M. E. Gray, 1850 accepted as Scyllaea pelagica Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
- Species Scyllaea marmorata Alder & Hancock, 1864 accepted as Scyllaea pelagica Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Scyllaea punctata Bouchard-Chantereaux, 1835 accepted as Scyllaea pelagica Linnaeus, 1758 (dubious synonym)
- Species Scyllaea quoyi Gray, 1850 accepted as Scyllaea fulva Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
- Species Scyllaea viridis Alder & Hancock, 1864 accepted as Scyllaea pelagica Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Scyllaea fulva A. Adams, 1854 (uncertain, use in recent literature not established by editor)
- Species Scyllaea ghomfodensis Forsskål, 1775 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Scyllaea lamyi Vayssière, 1917 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Scyllaea Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138468 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Nerea R. P. Lesson, 1831) Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). Chapitre XI. Mollusques, Annélides et Vers; par R.-P. Lesson. pp. 239-456 [15 Nov 1831], plates 1-16 [Mollusques 1-3, 09 Jan 1830; Mollusques 4-6, 01 May 1830; Mollusques 7, 26 May 1830; Mollusques 8-9, 25 Nov 1830; Mollusques 12, 07 Mar 1831; Mollusques 10, 25 Jul 1831; Mollusques 11, 13 Oct 1831; Mollusques 14, 16, 15 Nov 1831; Mollusques 13, 15, 22 Dec 1831]. In: Lesson R.P. 1830-1831. Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, par M. Lesson. Tome Second. 1re Partie. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Libraire-Editeur, Imprimerie de Firmin Didot.<br>link to<a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729" target="_blank">Text</a> link to <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38768370" target="_blank">Plates</a>. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
[request]original description (of Nerea R. P. Lesson, 1831) Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). Chapitre XI. Mollusques, Annélides et Vers; par R.-P. Lesson. pp. 239-456 [15 Nov 1831], plates 1-16 [Mollusques 1-3, 09 Jan 1830; Mollusques 4-6, 01 May 1830; Mollusques 7, 26 May 1830; Mollusques 8-9, 25 Nov 1830; Mollusques 12, 07 Mar 1831; Mollusques 10, 25 Jul 1831; Mollusques 11, 13 Oct 1831; Mollusques 14, 16, 15 Nov 1831; Mollusques 13, 15, 22 Dec 1831]. In: Lesson R.P. 1830-1831. Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, par M. Lesson. Tome Second. 1re Partie. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Libraire-Editeur, Imprimerie de Firmin Didot.<br>link to<a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729" target="_blank">Text</a> link to <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38768370" target="_blank">Plates</a>. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
Other
additional source
Pola M., Camacho-Garcia Y.E. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Molecular data illuminate cryptic nudibranch species: the evolution of the Scyllaeidae (Nudibranchia:
Dendronotina) with a revision of <i>Notobryon</i>. <i>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society</i> 165: 311–336., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00816.x [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
