Category:Scyllaea

Scyl*læ"a, n. Etym: [nl. See scylla.] (zoöl.)

Defn: a genus of oceanic nudibranchiate mollusks having the small Branched gills situated on the upper side of four fleshy lateral Lobes, and on the median caudal crest.

Note: in color and form these mollusks closely imitate the fronds of Sargassum and other floathing seaweeds among which they live.