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Thecacera boyla

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Species of gastropod

Thecacera boyla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Genus: Thecacera
Species: T. boyla
Binomial name
Thecacera boyla
Willan, 1989

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.

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
Taxon identifiers
Thecacera boyla
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