Polycera herthae

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Polycera herthae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Genus: Polycera
Species:
P. herthae
Binomial name
Polycera herthae
Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963 [1]

Polycera herthae is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae. [2]

Distribution

This species was described from Curacao and Antigua. It also occurs in Cuba, [3] Florida, Costa Rica and the Bahamas. [4]

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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." Avicennia10-11: 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