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Polycera rycia

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Polycera rycia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Genus: Polycera
Species:
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

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This species was described from Biscayne Bay, Florida. It has been reported from Cuba.[3]

References

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  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.