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
This species was first described from Queensland, Australia.
Description
This polycerid nudibranch is translucent grey in colour, with extensive mottled patches of light and dark green pigment.[2]
References
- ^ 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