Polycera marplatensis

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

Polycera marplatensis
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. marplatensis
Binomial name
Polycera marplatensis
Franceschi, 1928[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 38°2′11″S 57°31′37″W. It has been reported from Brazil to Patagonia. [3]

Ecology

Polycera marplatensis is common in the intertidal zone where it feeds on the Bryozoan Bugula sp..[3]

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References
  1. Franceschi, G. 1928. Una nueva forma de nudibranquio de la Argentina (Polycera quadrilineata var. marplatensis n. var). Anales Museo Nacional Historia Natural. 34:577-586.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Polycera marplatensis Franceschi, 1928. Accessed on 2019-10-11.
  3. Muniain, C. & Ortea, J., 1998. The taxonomic status and redescription of Polycera marplatensis Franceschi, 1928 (Nudibranchia: Polyceratidae) from Argentina. The Veliger, 41(2): 142-147.
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