Polycera japonica

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Polycera japonica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Genus: Polycera
Species:
P. japonica
Binomial name
Polycera japonica
Baba, 1949 [1]

Polycera japonica 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 Japan. It also occurs in Hawaii and is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific region. [3]

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References

  1. Baba, K. 1949. Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty The Emperor of Japan. 194 pp., 50 pls. Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Polycera japonica Baba, 1949. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-01-09.
  3. Pittman, C. & Fiene, P., (2016) Polycera japonica Sea slugs of Hawaii.