Thecacera
| Thecacera | |
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| A live individual of Rudman's Thecacera species 2, head end towards the left | |
Scientific 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
[edit]This genus currently contains eight described species. A list of them can be found below:[2]
- Thecacera boyla Willan, 1989
- Thecacera darwini Pruvot-Fol, 1950
- Thecacera pacifica Bergh, 1883
- Thecacera pennigera (Montagu, 1815)
- Thecacera picta Baba, 1972
- Thecacera sesama Chan & Lee et al. 2026[3]
- Thecacera virescens Alder & Hancock, 1851[4]
- Thecacera vittata Yonow, 1994
Rudman's Thecacera species 2 [5]
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References
[edit]- ↑ Fleming (1828) Hist. Brit. Anim.: 283.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2002 (July 29) Thecacera sp. 2 [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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