The nudibranch Myja cf.longicornis, Batu Dawa, Bali.
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Heterobranchia
Order:
Nudibranchia
Suborder:
Cladobranchia
Family:
Facelinidae
Genus:
Myja
Species:
M. longicornis
Binomial name
Myja longicornis
Bergh, 1896[1]
Myja longicornis is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tergipedidae.[2] It was thought to be a close relative of Tergipes but molecular phylogeny reveals it to be a paedomorphic facelinid.
^Bergh, L. S. R. 1896. Eolidiens d'Amboine. In: Voyage de MM. M. Bedot et C. Pictet dans l'Archipel Malais. Revue Suisse de Zoologie et Annales de Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Geneve 4:385-394, plate 16.
^Bouchet, P. (2014). Myja longicornis Bergh, 1896. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=761271 on 2015-02-09
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