Scyllaea

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scyllaea \Scyl*lae"a\, n. [NL. See {Scylla}.] (Zool.)
     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.
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     Note: In color and form these mollusks closely imitate the
           fronds of sargassum and other floating seaweeds among
           which they live.
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