Biology:Polycera melanosticta
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Short description: Species of gastropod
Polycera melanosticta | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
Family: | Polyceridae |
Genus: | Polycera |
Species: | P. melanosticta
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Binomial name | |
Polycera melanosticta |
Polycera melanosticta is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.[1]
Distribution
This species was described from ten specimens collected from underneath a paint raft at Devonport Naval Base, Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand.
Ecology
Polycera melanosticta feeds on Bugula neritina and Bugula stolonifera.[2]
References
- ↑ MolluscaBase (2018). Polycera melanosticta M. C. Miller, 1996. Accessed on 2019-10-12.
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Wikidata ☰ Q14145795 entry
![]() | Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycera melanosticta.
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