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Learchis poica

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Species of gastropod

Learchis poica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia

clade Aeolidida
Superfamily: Aeolidioidea
Family: Facelinidae
Genus: Learchis
Species: L. poica
Binomial name
Learchis poica
Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1960

Learchis poica is a species of sea slug, specifically an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.

Distribution

This species was described from the East coast of Virginia Key, Miami, Florida. It has been reported from Jamaica, the Bahamas, Barbados and Ghana.

References

  1. Marcus, Ev. and Er. Marcus. 1960. Opisthobranchs from American Atlantic warm waters. Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean 10: 129–203.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Learchis poica Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1960. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-19
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2002 (September 22) Learchis poica Marcus & Marcus, 1960. Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Taxon identifiers
Learchis poica
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