Polycera parvula

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Polycera parvula
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P. parvula
Binomial name
Polycera parvula
(Burn, 1958)
Synonyms
  • Palio parvulaBurn, 1958 [1]

Polycera parvula 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 Point Danger, Torquay, Victoria, Australia. It occurs from New South Wales to central Victoria. [3]

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References

  1. Burn, R. F. (1958). Further Victorian Opisthobranchia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia. 1(2):20-36, pls. 6-7.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Polycera parvula (Burn, 1958). Accessed on 2019-10-12.
  3. Burn, R., 2015. Nudibranchs and related molluscs. Museum Victoria. 257pp.