Global InformationHermissenda opalescens information
| Hermissenda opalescens | |
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| Closeup of Hermissenda opalescens off Monterey, California | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Facelinidae |
| Genus: | Hermissenda |
| Species: | H. opalescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Hermissenda opalescens Cooper, 1863[1]
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Hermissenda opalescens is a species of brightly coloured sea slug or nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2]
This species is commonly known as the "opalescent sea slug."
- ^ Cooper, James Graham. 1863. [for 1862]. Some new genera and species of California Mollusca. Proceedings of the California Academy of Natural Sciences 2:202-207.
- ^ Lindsay, T. & Valdés, Á. (2016) The Model Organism Hermissenda crassicornis (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) Is a Species Complex. PLoS ONE 11(4): e0154265.