Polycera maddoxi
Polycera maddoxi is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.[2]
| Polycera maddoxi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Genus: | Polycera |
| Species: | P. maddoxi |
| Binomial name | |
| Polycera maddoxi M. C. Miller, 2005[1] | |
Distribution
This species was described from two specimens collected in 1997 on a jetty piling at Port Taranaki, New Zealand. A specimen was photographed in 1988 at Hapuka Rock, Sugar Loaf Islands by David Maddox, who also collected the type specimen. It has also been reported from the Poor Knights Islands.[3]
References
- Miller, M. C. (2005). A new species of the dorid nudibranch genus Polycera Cuvier, 1817 (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) from New Zealand. Vita Malacologia. 3 : 51-54.
- MolluscaBase (2018). Polycera maddoxi M. C. Miller, 2005. Accessed on 2018-09-12.
- Skipworth, I., 2015. Polycera maddoxi New Zealand Nudibranchs. Accessed 2018-09-12.
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