Thecacera darwini
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | T. darwini
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| Thecacera darwini Pruvot-Fol, 1950[1]
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Thecacera darwini is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.
Distribution
This species was first described from Chile, South America. It was first collected by Charles Darwin.
Description
This polycerid nudibranch is translucent white in colour, with scattered black spots. The tip of the tail, gills, rhinophores and rhinophore sheaths are yellow.[2]
Ecology
Thecacera darwini feeds on the bryozoan Beania magellanica.[3]
References
- ^ Pruvot-Fol, A. (1950). Le genre Thecacera Fleming, 1828 et une espece nouvelle: Thecacera darwini. Journal de Conchiologie, 90(1): 48-52
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2003 (September 7) Thecacera darwini Pruvot-Fol, 1950. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ Schroedl, M. (2003) Sea Slugs of southern South America. ConchBooks, 165pp.