Thecacera picta

Thecacera picta is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.

Thecacera picta
Thecacera picta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Polyceroidea
Family:
Polyceridae
Subfamily:
Polycerinae
Genus:
Thecacera
Species:
T. picta
Binomial name
Thecacera picta
Baba, 1972[1]

The type locality for this species is Suruga Bay, Japan.[1]

References
  1. Baba K. (1972). "Thecacera picta spec. nov. from Suruga Bay, Japan (Nudibranchia: Doridoidea: Polyceridae)". The Veliger 15(2): 88-90.


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