Polycera aurantiomarginata

Polycera aurantiomarginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea

Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Subfamily: Polycerinae
Genus: Polycera
Species: P. aurantiomarginata
Binomial name
Polycera aurantiomarginata
García Gómez & Bobo, 1984[1]
Synonyms

? Polycera chilluna Marcus, 1957

Polycera aurantiomarginata is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.

Distribution

This species of polycerid nudibranch was described from Spain. It is found on the west African coast as far south as Angola.[2] It may be synonymous with the western Atlantic species Polycera chilluna.

Description

The body of Polycera aurantiomarginata is dark grey or black white with longitudinal yellow lines. The oral veil has six tapering yellow-tipped papillae. There is a broad orange line at the lower edge of the foot.[2]

Ecology

Polycera aurantiomarginata feeds on a bryozoan.[2]

References

  1. Garcia-Gomez, J.C. & Bobo, A., 1984. Una nueva especie de Polycera Cuvier (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) del litoral iberico. Cah. Biol. Mar., 25: 361-373.
  2. 1 2 3 Rudman, W.B., 2001 (February 19) Polycera aurantiomarginata García Gómez & Bobo, 1984. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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