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Polycera herthae

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Species of gastropod

Polycera herthae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Genus: Polycera
Species: P. herthae
Binomial name
Polycera herthae
Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963

Polycera herthae is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.

Distribution

This species was described from Curacao and Antigua. It also occurs in Cuba, Florida, Costa Rica and the Bahamas.

References

  1. Marcus, Ev., & Er. Marcus, (1963). "Opisthobranchs from the Lesser Antilles. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands." 19(79):1-76. Uitgaven Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen, No. 35.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Polycera herthae. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-01-09.
  3. Ortea J., Espinosa J. & Camacho Y. (1999) "Especies del género Polycera Cuvier, 1816 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) recolectadas en la epifauna de algas rojas del Caribe de Costa Rica y Cuba." Avicennia 10-11: 157-164.
  4. Valdés, Ángel; Hamann, Jeff; Behrens, David W.; DuPont, Anne. Caribbean Sea Slugs, Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Etc., Gig Harbor, Washington 2006, pp. 132-133. ISBN 0-9700574-2-3
Taxon identifiers
Polycera herthae
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