Thecacera boyla
| Thecacera boyla | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Euctenidiacea clade Doridacea |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Genus: | Thecacera |
| Species: | T. boyla |
| Binomial name | |
| Thecacera boyla Willan, 1989[1] | |
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
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