Polycera rycia

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Polycera rycia
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P. rycia
Binomial name
Polycera rycia
Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970 [1]

Polycera rycia 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 Biscayne Bay, Florida. It has been reported from Cuba. [3]

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References

  1. Marcus Er. & Marcus Ev. (1970). Opisthobranchs from Curacao and faunistically related regions. Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and other Caribbean Islands. 33: 1-129.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Polycera rycia Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970. Accessed on 2019-10-12.
  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. Avicennia 10-11: 157-164.