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Thecacera

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Thecacera
A live individual of Rudman's Thecacera species 2, head end towards the left
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Polyceridae
Subfamily: Polycerinae
Genus: Thecacera
Fleming, 1828[1]
Type species
Thecacera pennigera
(Montagu, 1815)

Thecacera is a genus of sea slugs, specifically nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Polyceridae.

Species

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This genus currently contains eight described species. A list of them can be found below:[2]

References

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  1. Fleming (1828) Hist. Brit. Anim.: 283.
  2. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Thecacera Fleming, 1828. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138371 on 2014-11-20
  3. Chan, Ho-Yeung; Lee, Chen-Lu; Chen, Wei-Cheng; Chang, Chia-Hao; Shao, Yi-Ta; Pang, Ka-Lai (2026-05-11). "Thecacera sesama sp. nov. (Nudibranchia, Polyceridae) from Taiwan, evident from morphology and phylogenetic analyses of the 16S rDNA and cytochrome c oxidase I gene". ZooKeys (1279): 269–284. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1279.184298. ISSN 1313-2970.
  4. Alder J. & Hancock A. (October 1851). "Descriptions of two new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca, one of them forming the type of a new genus". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (series 2)8(46): 290-302, pls. 9-10.
  5. Rudman, W.B., 2002 (July 29) Thecacera sp. 2 [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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