Cyerce nigricans
| Cyerce nigricans | |
|---|---|
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| Cyerce nigricans on Chlorodesmis fastigiata. Locality: Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. The length of the slug is about 4 cm. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia informal group Opisthobranchia clade Sacoglossa clade Plakobranchacea |
| Superfamily: | Limapontioidea |
| Family: | Caliphyllidae |
| Genus: | Cyerce |
| Species: | C. nigricans |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyerce nigricans (Pease, 1866)[1] | |
Cyerce nigricans is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Caliphyllidae.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.[3]
References
- ↑ Pease W. H. (1866). "Remarks on nudibranchiata inhabiting the Pacific islands, with descriptions of two new genera". American Journal of Conchology 2(2): 204-208.
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2015). Cyerce nigricans (Pease, 1866). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494516 on 2016-03-03
- ↑ Cyerce nigricans ( Pease, 1866) http://seaslugs.free.fr/nudibranche/a_cyerce_nigricans.htm
- Jensen K.R. (2007) Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 55:255–281
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