''Vayssierea'' is a
genus
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of
sea slug
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s, dorid
nudibranchs, shell-less
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the family
Okadaiidae
Okadaiidae is a family of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Polyceroidea. This family is within the clade Euctenidiacea.
This family has no subfamilies.
Genera
* ''Vayssierea'' (Risbec, 1928)
** ''Vays ...
.
[Bouchet, P. (2011). Vayssierea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533869 on 2012-06-03] The exact relationship of this genus of nudibranchs is still unclear.
Species
Species in the genus ''Vayssierea'' include:
* ''
Vayssierea caledonica'' Risbec, 1928
* ''
Vayssierea cinnabarea'' Ralph, 1944
* ''
Vayssierea elegans
''Vayssierea'' is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Okadaiidae
Okadaiidae is a family of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Polyceroidea. This f ...
'' (Baba, 1930)
*''
Vayssierea felis''
(Collingwood, 1881)[Rudman, W.B. (2000-04-12). Vayssierea felis (Collingwood, 1881). nSea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/vaysfeli]
References
Okadaiidae
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