SCYLLAEIDAE ALDER & HANCOCK, 1855

Pola, Marta, Camacho-García, Yolanda E. & Gosliner, Terrence M., 2012, Molecular data illuminate cryptic nudibranch species: the evolution of the Scyllaeidae (Nudibranchia: Dendronotina) with a revision of Notobryon, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 165 (2), pp. 311-336 : 316

FAMILY SCYLLAEIDAE ALDER & HANCOCK, 1855

Synopsis of the family Scyllaeidae Odhner, 1936 Dorsal margin produced into large lobes (continuous or separated, with a trace on the rhinophoral sheaths) covered more or less with branchial tufts. Velum indistinct; no frontal papillae. Rhinophore club perfoliate. Anus lateral or laterodorsal. Eyes with very short optic nerves. Jaws covering pharynx. Radula with several laterals; median tooth present or absent. Nephroproct adjacent to anus. Digestive gland divided into two to four compact, not branching, globular masses. Stomach plates present. Gonad separated from digestive gland, appearing in a few globular masses. Vas deferens emerges from the albumen gland.