Polycera maculata

Polycera maculata is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.[2]

Polycera maculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
Order:
Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Polyceroidea
Family:
Polyceridae
Subfamily:
Polycerinae
Genus:
Polycera
Species:
P. maculata
Binomial name
Polycera maculata
Pruvot-Fol, 1951[1]
Synonyms
  • Palio maculata (Pruvot-Fol, 1951)

Distribution

This species was described from a single specimen dredged offshore of Marseille, Mediterranean Sea.

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References
  1. Pruvot-Fol A. (1951). Etudes des nudibranches de la Méditerranée 2. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 88: 1-80.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Polycera maculata Pruvot-Fol, 1951. Accessed on 2018-09-12.
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