Polycera fujitai
Polycera fujitai is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.[2]
Polycera fujitai | |
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The nudibranch Polycera fujitai, Mirs Bay, Hong Kong. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
Family: | Polyceridae |
Genus: | Polycera |
Species: | P. fujitai |
Binomial name | |
Polycera fujitai | |
Synonyms | |
Palio fujitai (Baba, 1937) |
Distribution
This species was described from Japan. It also occurs in Hong Kong, in the South China Sea and has been reported from New Zealand.[3][4]
References
- Baba, K. 1937. Opisthobranchia of Japan (II). Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 5(7):289-344, pls. 1-2.
- Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Polycera fujitai Baba, 1937. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-01-17
- Miller, M.C. (2001) Descriptions of the Dorid nudibranchs Polycera hedgpethi Marcus, 1964 and P. fujitai Baba, 1937 in New Zealand (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies, 67: 489-497.
- Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone.
External links
- "Polycera fujitai". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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