Polycera odhneri

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Polycera odhneri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Genus: Polycera
Species:
P. odhneri
Binomial name
Polycera odhneri
Er. Marcus, 1955 [1]

Polycera odhneri 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 Sao Paulo, Brazil. It has been reported from Lake Worth Lagoon, Florida, USA. [3]

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References

  1. Marcus Er. (1955). Opisthobranchia from Brazil. Boletim da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras da Universidade de São Paulo (Zoologia) 20: 89-261
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Polycera odhneri Er. Marcus, 1955. Accessed on 2019-10-12.
  3. Polycera odhneri, Lake Worth Lagoon near Peanut Island, Palm Beach Inlet, Palm Beach Co., Florida.