Biology:Thecacera boyla
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Thecacera boyla | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Euctenidiacea clade Doridacea |
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| Species: | T. boyla
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| Binomial name | |
| Thecacera boyla Willan, 1989[1]
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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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Thecacera boyla on Nudipixel
Wikidata ☰ Q14480667 entry
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