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Thecacera boyla

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Thecacera boyla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
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

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This species was first described from Queensland, Australia.

Description

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This polycerid nudibranch is translucent grey in colour, with extensive mottled patches of light and dark green pigment.[2]

References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Thecacera boyla on Nudipixel