Cyerce nigricans

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Cyerce nigricans
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Cyerce nigricans on Chlorodesmis fastigiata . Locality: Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. The length of the slug is about 4 cm.
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clade Heterobranchia
informal group Opisthobranchia
clade Sacoglossa
clade Plakobranchacea
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C. nigricans
Binomial name
Cyerce nigricans
(Pease, 1866) [1]

Cyerce nigricans is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Caliphyllidae. [2]

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. [3]

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References

  1. Pease W. H. (1866). "Remarks on nudibranchiata inhabiting the Pacific islands, with descriptions of two new genera". American Journal of Conchology2(2): 204-208.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Cyerce nigricans (Pease, 1866). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494516 on 2016-03-03
  3. Cyerce nigricans ( Pease, 1866) http://seaslugs.free.fr/nudibranche/a_cyerce_nigricans.htm