Thecacera boyla
| Thecacera boyla | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | T. boyla
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| Thecacera boyla Willan, 1989[1]
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Thecacera boyla is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.
Distribution[edit]
This species was first described from Queensland, Australia.
Description[edit]
This polycerid nudibranch is translucent grey in colour, with extensive mottled patches of light and dark green pigment.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Willan, R.C. 1989: Phylogenetic systematics and zoogeography of Australian nudibranchs 2. Description of a new species of Thecacera with comments on the genus and its contained species. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, 10: 1-12
- ^ Thecacera boyla on Nudipixel