Thecacera boyla

Thecacera boyla
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
Genus: Thecacera
Species: T. boyla
Binomial name
Thecacera boyla
Willan, 1989[1]

Thecacera boyla is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.

Distribution

This species was first described from Queensland, Australia.

Description

This polycerid nudibranch is translucent grey in colour, with extensive mottled patches of light and dark green pigment.[2]

References

  1. Willan, R.C. 1989: Phylogenetic systematics and zoogeography of Australian nudibranchs 2. Description of a new species of Thecacera with comments on the genus and its contained species. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, 10: 1-12
  2. Thecacera boyla on Nudipixel
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, November 20, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.