Thecacera | |
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A live individual of Rudman's Thecacera species 2, head end towards the left | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
Family: | Polyceridae |
Subfamily: | Polycerinae |
Genus: | Thecacera Fleming, 1828 [1] |
Type species | |
Thecacera pennigera (Montagu, 1815) |
Thecacera is a genus of sea slugs, specifically nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Polyceridae.
Species in the genus Thecacera include: [2]
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