Opalescent Nudibranch (Hermissenda opalescens)

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Hermissenda opalescens (Opalescent Nudibranch)

Scientific name: Hermissenda opalescens

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Mollusca → Class Gastropoda → Subclass Heterobranchia → Infraclass Euthyneura → Subterclass Ringipleura → Superorder Nudipleura → Order Nudibranchia → Suborder Cladobranchia → Superfamily Aeolidioidea → Family Myrrhinidae → Genus Hermissenda

Common name: Opalescent Nudibranch
Locations: Eastern Pacific
Group: Marine Life → Invertebrates → Nudibranchs

Renamed recently; see https://www.scubaboard.com/community/threads/will-the-real-hermissenda-crassicornis-please-stand-up.533924/

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